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Election 2019: Boris Johnson's crushing victory for the Tories
With a majority of 80, Boris Johnson has delivered the Conservative party’s best performance in three decades. With such a significant mandate, the U…
6 years, 1 month ago
Midweek update: the final campaign days
Boris Johnson endured some of the most difficult days of the campaign to date, as he struggled to deal with an NHS crisis in Leeds. Will it knock him…
6 years, 1 month ago
Election week four: Boris Johnson dodges the BBC, Labour’s minority government plans, more reports from the stump
The last full week of the UK’s election campaign was dominated by Boris Johnson’s failure to turn up to an interview with Andrew Neil, yet another an…
6 years, 1 month ago
Midweek update: Conservative nervousness
As the campaign enters the final week, the Conservative party is eager to ensure its lead is not knocked off course. Prime Minister Boris Johnson mus…
6 years, 1 month ago
Election week three: trouble for Labour, the big poll and tales from the stump
The UK's general election continued as the opposition Labour party struggled with anti-Semitism and its economic platform. A major new poll suggested…
6 years, 1 month ago
Midweek update: Labour enters choppy waters on racism and economics
An unprecedented intervention from the UK’s chief rabbi has knocked Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign off course. A disastrous BBC interview also raised quest…
6 years, 1 month ago
Week two of the election - Labour's radical manifesto and on the road in marginal seats
The second week saw Labour propose sweeping tax and spend changes, the Liberal Democrats struggle to make an impact and the inconclusive first TV lea…
6 years, 1 month ago
Midweek update: First TV debate, Lib Dem and Labour manifestos
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn survived their first head-to-head encounter but neither candidate to be prime minister scored major points or made mu…
6 years, 1 month ago
First week of the election, Labour's big broadband pledge
The first week of campaigning is over, but none of the parties have made much progress. Boris Johnson struggled with the floods, Nigel Farage tied hi…
6 years, 2 months ago
Midweek update: the Brexit party's dilemma
Nigel Farage's decision to stand down his candidates in Tory-held seats was intended to help the Conservatives, but should he stand them down in Labo…
6 years, 2 months ago