Sir Ed Davey appeals to Labour backers to switch to Liberal Democrats to 'knock out' Tories from Wimbledon Lib Dems targeting constituency after Tories won by just 628 votes in 2019 Evening Standard · May 31, 2024
Brexit rethink should be ‘front and centre’ of election campaign – poll Exclusive: A new poll has revealed that voters back Michael Heseltine in demanding Britain’s relationship with the EU should be ‘front and centre’ of the general election campaign The Independent UK · May 31, 2024
Furious Scottish crowd confronts Tory candidate over 'anti-English' comments A FURIOUS crowd in Perth confronted a Tory candidate who appeared to suggest the SNP were “anti-English”. The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024
ITV to host General Election debate with all major parties following SNP snub SENIOR figures from across the political spectrum will go head-to-head in a General Election debate hosted by ITV in the coming weeks. The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024
OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: This election, Whitby Woman’s choice can change the rest of Britain You remember Mondeo Man? The typical voter that Sir Tony Blair was keenest to target in 1997. In later elections there was Essex Man, Worcester Woman, Waitrose Woman and finally Workington Man in 2019, who Boris Johnson won over so successfully across the Red Wall. Evening Standard · May 31, 2024
Power-drunk and arrogant: if this is how Starmer’s Labour treats its MPs, what will his party be like in power? Labour’s purge of Faiza Shaheen and Diane Abbott increases my fear about how it will behave in office, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024
Brexit has reduced Britain to tears, Emmanuel Macron’s protege claims French prime minister Gabriel Attal, Emmanuel Macron’s protege, said: ’Don’t let’s be like the British, who cried after Brexit.’ The Independent UK · May 31, 2024
Labour's GB Energy plan branded 'a sham' as they admit 'it's not an energy company' LABOUR’S plans for a “home-grown energy company” have unravelled spectacularly after Keir Starmer was forced to admit Great British Energy was… The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024
The turbulent career of Diane Abbott: from first black female MP to shunned by Labour Will she, won’t she? The Hackney MP is causing ruptures within the Labour party. Robbie Griffiths charts her remarkable — and often rocky — political career Evening Standard · May 31, 2024
Scottish Labour leader says Diane Abbott should be allowed to run in election Anas Sarwar says he agrees with Angela Rayner that north London MP is ‘a historic figure in our party’ The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024
Nigel Farage and Piers Morgan trade insults in fiery Question Time bust-up: ‘You bottled it’ Morgan accused Farage of “bottling it” when it came to standing in the election The Independent UK · May 31, 2024
Audience member confronts Nigel Farage on his election record on Question Time NIGEL Farage clashed with Piers Morgan on Thursday night’s Question Time after a woman in the audience confronted him on his election record. The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024
Keir Starmer distances himself from Angela Rayner in row over Diane Abbott The Labour leader broke with Ms Rayner and declined to give a view on whether the veteran left-winger should be allowed to run as a Labour candidate The Independent UK · May 31, 2024
Banff and Buchan: Why SNP have a rare hope of snatching seat from Tories THE SNP may appear to be firmly on the defensive in this General Election but it shouldn’t be overlooked that, remarkably, there are several… The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024
Evening Standard · May 31, 2024 Diane Abbott 'free' to stand as Labour election candidate, says Keir Starmer after backlash over barring her The party is being gripped by a huge row over whether the veteran MP should be allowed to stand again for Parliament
The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2024 Airdrie and Shotts: Herculean effort needed to see off rebirth of the Labour machine THE 2017 General Election is well remembered for the late Corbyn surge and the SNP’s consequent loss to Labour of seven seats that they assumed…
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 If the pollsters have it right, the Conservatives need a miracle in five weeks The desire to see the back of the Tories seems to outweigh any considerations of policy – or whether Labour will actually deliver much positive change
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 Memo to Labour amid the Diane Abbott debacle: stop the pointless rows, stop making enemies The party needs to move its campaign on from stories about factionalist infighting – and get on with winning, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 Is Rishi Sunak facing a repeat of John Major’s 1997 landslide defeat? The two Tory PMs both told voters the economy had turned a corner – but there is little comparison now with 27 years ago
The Independent UK · May 31, 2024 Labour says GB Energy will fix cost-of-living crisis with clean power Sir Keir Starmer says proposed publicly owned company will provide lower bills and energy security
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 ‘I love campaigning’: Angela Rayner on being back in action after being cleared in tax row Exclusive: Labour’s deputy leader talks openly about the impact on her of the Tory-led controversy about her past living arrangements
The Independent UK · May 31, 2024 Election blow for Sunak as IFS says Tories oversaw ‘worst income growth for generations’ A damning new report has laid bare more then a decade of languishing living standards under successive Conservative governments
The Independent UK · May 30, 2024 Ex-Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen says she faced ‘racism, Islamophobia and bullying’ from inside party ‘I’ve not experienced this level of relentless hostility in my life - even from the Conservatives,’ said Faiza Shaheen after she was blocked from standing
The Independent UK · May 30, 2024 Labour, Black voters and the damage of the Diane Abbott row The strength of feeling in Hackney has been echoed elsewhere, with dozens of prominent Black Britons signing an open letter – seen by The Independent – warning the furore risked alienating Black voters, Race Correspondent Nadine White writes. But is the party already seeing damage on the doorstep?
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024 Jon Stewart weighs in on Labour blocking academic from standing in UK election US chatshow host describes as ‘dumb’ decision not to endorse Faiza Shaheen as candidate for London seat over tweets she liked