The Conservative Party is no longer conservative
The flight of Tory pragmatists shows a broad church degenerating into a dogmatic sect.
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Politics isn’t a “science” – and polls are only ever half the story
Our turbulent political reality has overturned the orthodoxies of data analysis and polling. Instead of numbers, we should be focussing…
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Why a wave of retirements among Conservative women should worry Boris Johnson
Under David Cameron, the Tory party was a very different political party to the one we see today.
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A hung parliament looks likely — and Labour must be prepared to work with the SNP
The future of progressive politics depends on harnessing the energy of both Corbynism and cosmopolitan Scottish nationalism.
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Labour must be united to seize this chance to kick the Conservatives out of government
This election will be the fight of our lives – and we’ve got to give it our all.
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Are Conservative MPs running scared of the Liberal Democrats?
Tories have been struck by the departure of two MPs who won their seats from the Lib Dems at the 2015 election.
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Five thoughts on the United Kingdom’s December election
A long campaign and a volatile electorate make for an unpredictable outcome.
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Why the Liberal Democrats are so confident about their London chances
Sam Gyimah has become the third major name to be parachuted in to target seats in the capital.
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