Tories and Labour clash on tax as General Election battles intensify The Tories are fighting on two fronts, trying to take on Labour on tax while clinging on to voters considering shifting to Reform UK. Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2024
How to understand the 2024 general election? These books will help Nigel Farage is back, the Tories are in freefall and everyone’s shouting about tax. If you want to read up on the choices facing voters on 4 July – and better understand how we got here in the first place – Jessie Thompson has your ultimate general election reading guide The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2024
Voters’ trust in Tories on tax plummets as Rishi Sunak’s final election gambit fails Exclusive: A new poll has revealed that trust in the Tories on tax has collapsed as the party desperately tries to use the issue to stop a Labour ‘supermajority’ The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2024
Rising violence against politicians is an attack on democracy itself Seemingly random assaults in Britain and other parts of Europe are coming from left and right The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
Keir Starmer promises no capital gains tax on sales of homes Labour leader rejects ‘desperate’ claim from Tory party that he has secret property tax plans The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
Labour and Nigel Farage accuse Tories of Rwanda ‘con’ over new voluntary flight Exclusive: Plans are in place to fly two more migrants to Rwanda in the next week The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2024
BBC podcast with Laura Kuenssberg criticised for discussion on Reform party A BBC podcast featuring Laura Kuenssberg has been criticised for its discussion of Nigel Farage and the Reform party. The National (Scotland) · Jun 15, 2024
Nigel Farage trying to destroy Tory party, says David Cameron – as it happened Foreign secretary warns voters not to be taken in by Reform’s ‘inflammatory’ language and ‘hopeless policy’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
Starmer wins TV debate and Farage’s Reform triumph: Key moments from election campaign trail – week four It was enough tough week for prime minister Rishi Sunak after yet another gaffe and more troubling polling, with just weeks to go until polling day on 4 July The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2024
‘Whispering in his ear’: how Holly Valance became a cheerleader for the radical right Former pop star is credited with encouraging Nigel Farage to stand for MP and has helped raised millions for Trump The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
Rishi Sunak pledges to serve as MP for full term if Tory party loses election Prime minister says he intends to continue in parliament for next five years regardless of overall result on 4 July The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
Sunak tries to calm panicked Tories as Farage demands place on BBC leaders’ debate Rishi Sunak has been forced to try to get his party’s election campaign back on track as Farage openly taunts the Tories The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024
Tory leadership hopefuls ‘already lobbying’ to replace Sunak Sources say contenders jostling for support amid fears of historic wipeout in election The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
Labour begins to believe as election campaign reaches halfway stage Polls still predict clear Labour win with the main unknown being how sweeping Conservative losses will be The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Jun 14, 2024 A tale of two manifestos: Labour do nothing as the Tories run out of road IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024 Love Actually producer puts Labour donations on top in first campaign week Official figures reveal gap between two main parties and that Reform had surge in donations after Farage took over
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024 Campaign catchup: Farage crossover, Swinney knee-shower, Curtice rhubarb-grower In today’s newsletter: What a poll showing Reform UK ahead of the Tories means – and what it doesn’t
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024 Nigel Farage says he is ‘leader of the opposition’ after Reform UK poll boost Farage says his party will gain more than 6m votes in election after survey puts it ahead of Tories for first time
The Conversation · Jun 14, 2024 Has Reform really overtaken the Tories in the polls? And does that mean it could beat them on July 4? A YouGov poll has put Reform UK ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. After a terrible few weeks of election campaigning, the Tories are on 18% while Reform has edged ahead to 19%. The same poll gave Labour 37% and the Liberal Democrats 14%.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024 ‘He was a deeply unembarrassed racist’: Nigel Farage, by those who have known him Some say the Reform UK leader is kind and entertaining, but it is striking how many enemies he has made, even among those close to him politically
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024 Tories claim Labour plans tax raid on home sales in ‘desperate’ bid to change election fortunes The Tories were branded ‘desperate’ after producing a document claiming Labour has ‘18 secret taxes’ in a desperate bid to close the poll gap
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024 ‘I’m outacted by a nine-year-old’: Matt Smith on House of the Dragon, chaos and child stars His incestuous, sadistic prince in House of the Dragon has become the baddy we love to hate. Here, he talks about why his character is like Nigel Farage, turning his back on Hollywood – and how he fell in love with Prince Philip
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024 ‘Uncharted waters’: elections guru Prof Sir John Curtice on 4 July predictions His exit poll model has previously proved accurate, but ‘we will spend a lot of the day really worrying’, he says
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024 OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: The race for Tory leader has begun already — and it's a 16-way brawl “The problem with my dear fellow Tory MPs is they all think they’re Winston Churchill,” a weary Cabinet minister told me this week. “Every single one of them.” Like many in the Conservative Party now, the minister has given up hope over the general election result.
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024 Hitler was ‘hypnotic in a very dangerous way’ as a public speaker, says Farage Reform UK leader reitterated his praise of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s skill as a political operator