Tactical voting could defeat Tories in once safe seats, campaigners say Senior Tories such as Liz Truss and Jeremy Hunt could be for chop as well as once safe seats such as Maidenhead The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024
Former BBC chair Richard Sharp 'could be granted knighthood' by Rishi Sunak FORMER BBC chair Richard Sharp has been put forward for a significant honour by Rishi Sunak, according to a report. The National (Scotland) · Jun 15, 2024
Drill into the policy, ignore the puffery: this is a Starmer manifesto more than a Labour one The comparator isn’t any other Labour leader – it’s the Tory Edward Heath, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday review – Theresa May’s awkward dance enters the Whoniverse This hokey, OTT episode, which references Elon Musk and the former PM, could go down well with hardcore Whovians… but will it alienate Gen Z? The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2024
OPINION - If you knew Keir Starmer's father was a toolmaker, this newsletter is for you Sadiq Khan and Sajid Javid's fathers: bus drivers. Theresa May and Gordon Brown's: clergymen. John Major's: a music hall performer. If you knew any of these, congratulations, you are a deeply weird person. In fact, even if you didn't, you are still a little strange because you subscribe to a… Evening Standard · 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 Conversation · Jun 14, 2024
From ‘hug a husky’ to ‘max out the oil’: the Tory environmental journey We look back through 14 years of Conservative manifestos at policies on net zero, energy, transport and more The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024
With this half-hearted, delusional manifesto, Rishi Sunak has all but given up It would take a political genius to rescue the Tories now. Instead they have a leader more suited to churning out quarterly reports, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024
Campaign catchup: Conservative manifesto; Farage pelted again; Green candidate defects In today’s newsletter: Breaking down what was in the Tory manifesto, more items lobbed at the Reform leader, and a surprising defection in Scotland The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024
What is a General Election manifesto? Conservatives unveil more tax cuts to attract voters The Lib Dems and the Conservatives have already unveiled their programmes for government Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2024
Immigration: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts Net migration is more than two and a half times the 2010 figure despite a string of Tory pledges to reduce it The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024
British Prime Minister's D-Day Commemoration Controversy British PM Rishi Sunak's early exit from D-Day events sparks controversy, impacting election campaign. Top News · Jun 8, 2024
‘Bigoted woman’ and fridge-hiding: a history of election gaffes after Sunak’s D-day disaster Prime minister is not the first party leader to make bad decisions during the heat of a general election campaign The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024
Why the UK really does need a clear plan to fix adult social care Social care is set to be a central theme in the forthcoming UK general election. In the first electoral debate, held on June 4, 2024, Labour leader Keir Starmer promised a full plan to be published within the party’s manifesto. Sunak was altogether vaguer on what the Conservatives aim to… The Conversation · Jun 7, 2024
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024 Will Michael Gove do Strictly? All the rumoured next jobs for Tory MPs They ran the country, but now they’re moving on. What’s next for Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, Nadhim Zahawi, Dominic Raab, and the rest?
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024 Rory Stewart warns Tories not to ‘chase Farage’ and accuses party of giving up on youth vote The former One Nation Tory said the party has not recovered since the ‘chaos’ of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024 General election countdown: What the 1983 and 2017 votes tell us about Starmer’s lead over Sunak Though the odds clearly favour Keir Starmer’s Labour, two previous elections remind us that polls can shift during campaigns
The Conversation · Jun 4, 2024 Hostile environment, Brexit and missed targets: 14 years of Tory immigration policy Migration is a top issue for some voters and candidates in the UK’s general election. The last 14 years of Conservative policy have introduced restrictive policies on both legal and irregular migration. And yet, net migration stands at 685,000, a near historic high.
The Conversation · Jun 3, 2024 Election 2024: will Sunak and Starmer facing off in televised debates make a difference to voters? The first televised debate of the 2024 general election will take place on Tuesday, June 4, putting Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer head to head on ITV. ITV has also announced they will hold a multiparty debate later in June. The BBC will host at least two multiparty debates, as…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Labour and Conservative battlebuses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller Keir Starmer launched his campaign bus on Saturday with his senior shadow cabinet members, but Tory ‘big beasts’ appeared to have deserted the PM in Redcar
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
Evening Standard · May 29, 2024 General election TV debates: dates and who will take part The main talking points of the first head to head were taxes, the economy, immigration, education and the NHS
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Six televised rounds of Starmer v Sunak? I can’t imagine anything worse These debates are rarely useful, let alone enlightening. Let’s have a head-to-head of progressive parties instead, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
The Independent UK · May 27, 2024 Theresa May: Compromise should not be a poisonous word in politics The former Tory prime minister also explained at her appearance at the Hay literary festival how she once came to be holding hands with Donald Trump
Salon · May 25, 2024 Britain's Tories headed for a soaking U.K.'s hapless prime minister calls a "snap election" he's sure to lose, while the Trump-style right bides its time