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Is Jeremy Hunt heading for his Portillo moment? On campaign trail as chancellor fights to keep Surrey blue

The chancellor is plotting a narrow course to victory in the ‘true-blue’ seat but, on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Archie Mitchell struggled to see how he can hold on

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Tory candidates beg voters: back me, not Sunak

Exclusive: Tory candidates try to separate themselves from Rishi Sunak in desperate bid to get elected

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Election gambling scandal: bad culture will kill your organisation – you can bet on it

Just as people go bankrupt in two ways – gradually, then suddenly, as Ernest Hemingway famously put it – so organisations corrode morally, first bit by bit and then all in a rush. We are seeing this play out for the Conservative party in the final week of the UK’s…

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2024

And it’s over to Mel Stride. Again. Where are all the other Tories? Ladbrokes?

The work and pensions secretary’s colleagues must be trapped under something heavy because no one but Stride is pulling their weight

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024

'If things sound bleak for the Conservatives it's because they are,' new analysis by poll expert

‘Having started the campaign 20 points behind, the Conservatives needed everything to go right whereas it has often felt that everything that could go wrong has gone wrong,’ says Ipsos Director of Politics Keiran Pedley

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024

Rishi Sunak accused of failing to order probe into 17 potential breaches of ministerial code

Rishi Sunak has been accused of eroding the public’s trust in politics by failing to order investigations into more than a dozen potential breaches of strict ethics rules during his time as prime minister.

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Angela Rayner forced to abandon Glastonbury plans as Labour ordered to skip festival ahead of election

A festival ban, a plastic Liz Truss and high-energy drinks – inside Labour’s campaign machine

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Fed up with the UK Conservatives, some voters turn to the anti-immigration Reform party for answers

In the English coastal town of Clacton-on-Sea, many Conservative voters are considering switching to the anti-immigration Reform UK party in next week’s national election

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

The party leaders’ favourite TV shows are in: charming choices from Davey, but a chilling one from Farage

The general election hopefuls have revealed their viewing habits, but how come Rishi Sunak didn’t mention that Bridgerton sex scene, asks Guardian assistant TV editor Hollie Richardson

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Conservative voters may reasonably ask themselves: whatever next?

If the pessimist says, “Things can’t get any worse” and the optimist replies, “Oh yes they can”, where does that leave the Prime Minister? Rishi Sunak called this snap election to get a hearing from the British people, but the longer it goes on, the less they appear to be…

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024