Why are UK general elections always on a Thursday? The time is now as the country heads to the ballot box Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
What are Keir Starmer’s biggest issues as he enters Downing Street? The incoming prime minister’s in-tray will be more daunting than usual because of a rotten economic inheritance, writes Andrew Grice The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Now, let's hope Labour succeeds It is axiomatic that oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them. But the Conservative Party has done more than most to keep this political truism alive. Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
Heroes, superheroes, and someone who lost to a lettuce – take the Thursday quiz 15 questions, plus a few jokes, every Thursday, regardless of whether there is an election or not. How will you fare? The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
Parties battle to drive up London election turnout after Jeremy Corbyn holds final rally Sir Keir Starmer voted in his safe constituency of Holborn and St Pancras, but other London seats are on a knife-edge Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
How many seats does a party need to get a majority? VOTERS will have heard a lot in recent days about whether any party is going to win a majority in the House of Commons. The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2024
Sadiq Khan's Superloop 'puts more Londoners on buses but they keep getting stuck in traffic' TfL says mayor’s £6m express bus network has driven 8% increase in passengers Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
Are UK schools closed for the general election? Polling day advice The day is finally here – but is voting going to affect your child going to school? Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
Tories face historic defeat as Boris Johnson 2019 voter coalition splits with Farage Reform surge - analysis Conservative vote share in opinion polls ranges from 16 per cent to 24 per cent, with seat projections from different pollsters ranging from 64 to 126, says Keiran Pedley, Director of Politics at Ipsos Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
Rapid results: UK ballot counters braced for race to declare first winner Boundary changes, paper thickness and ace returning officer’s transfer could have a bearing on who declares first The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
How bad could the general election result be for the Tories? Pollster John Curtice’s final prediction Leading pollster highlighted two key uncertainties in predicting final result The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024
Keir Starmer set for No10 as final poll shows Tories flatlining on 19% record low EXCLUSIVE: Labour drops five points but still has an 18-point lead over the Conservatives, according to the survey for The Standard Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
Blair-style landslide or ‘supermajority’: what different results would mean for Labour Three final polls forecast big Labour wins, but a massive majority could be a blessing and a curse for Starmer The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
Rosie Holt at Soho Theatre review: tightly-crafted and brutal political satire with Orwellian flourishes At her best, the comedian perfectly sums up the state we are in Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2024
Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2024 Voting under way in UK election expected to deliver landslide Labour win Voters set to punish Conservatives after 14 years of chaos as anger mounts over economic crisis and crumbling services.
The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2024 Polls open in Scotland after weeks of General Election campaigning POLLING stations in Scotland have opened in the General Election...
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 Polling stations open across UK for general election Voting booths open across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with results due in early hours of Friday
Radio France Internationale · Jul 4, 2024 UK voters expected to make a significant shift away from the ruling Tory party British voters head to the polls this Thursday, with the opposition Labour Party projected to secure a landslide victory. However, experts suggest that the vote is driven more by fatigue from over a decade of Conservative rule marked by erratic policy decisions, political chaos, and a deteriorating economy, rather than…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 Labour must take immediate action to deliver on workers’ rights, says union chief Post-election honeymoon will be brief unless Keir Starmer holds summit with unions within days, says TUC president
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 Starmer wants us to believe we can trust politicians again. That’s huge – but he has to mean it The Tories are in denial about the crisis in politics. Labour seems to get it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 Millions go to the polls in general election – as it happened Polling stations opened at 7am, with voting taking place until 10pm on Thursday night
The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024 Labour is hopeful and Conservatives morose before voters deliver their verdict on UK's election day British voters are picking a new government Thursday
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 Did that really happen? 14 years of chaotic Tory government How the occupants of No 10 brought us austerity, Brexit, Partygate and an economic crash
The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2024 Alyn Smith brings strong hope for the SNP in fight with the Tories Winner in 2019 of predecessor seat of Stirling: Alyn Smith (SNP)
The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2024 The SNP's victory in this seat would be a supreme highlight for the indy movement THE ecstatic football-like chants of “Bowie! Bowie!” from Tory supporters as Andrew Bowie narrowly held off the SNP challenge in West…