Are Scottish Labour and the Lib Dems planning a coalition?
You could practically see Anas Sarwar and Alex Cole-Hamilton making eyes at one another in the TV debate.
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The seismic radicalism of Nigel Farage
Liberals and mainstream Conservatives loathe him. But he understands something important about the fractious mood in the country.
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Can the SNP avoid electoral disaster?
Having shed voters and money, the party is entering the campaign in an enfeebled state.
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What will Labour’s campaign look like?
Despite the shock election announcement coming from the government, the opposition seems better prepared.
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Why Conservatives are furious with Rishi Sunak
As MPs rage at the snap election announcement, it’s hard to imagine a less united party.
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The Tories have no hope of avoiding defeat
All Rishi Sunak can do now is try to prevent the electoral wipeout projected by polls.
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Rishi Sunak’s dismal election launch mirrors Tory fears
The Prime Minister and his party know that they have little hope of avoiding defeat.
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Is Rishi Sunak about to call an election?
The Prime Minister’s demeanour only fuelled rumours that he is set to announce a July contest.
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Labour’s Yuan Yang: “There is deep class anxiety in China”
The parliamentary candidate on her journey from the Financial Times to politics, and how the country of her birth is…
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Downing Street cannot get a grip on Tory messaging
The shadow Conservative leadership contest is increasingly being fought in public.
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Will the Lib Dems seize their chance to replace the Tories?
Rather than acting as a protest party, the Lib Dems should aim to become the natural political home for the…
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When the lights went out
Fifty years ago, Harold Wilson’s Labour took power in a snap election called to resolve the 1974 miners’ strike. But…
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Inside the Lib Dems’ plan to “squeeze Labour”
The party has privately agreed it must persuade Labour voters in Tory-held seats to switch to the Lib Dems.
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The distressing case for a 2025 general election
I’m starting to think this is not an election year after all.
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Reform UK isn’t the Tories’ big problem
A strategy based on appealing to disillusioned right-wing voters is destined to fail.
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The Tories are still facing electoral apocalypse
Labour’s by-election triumphs in Wellingborough and Kingswood offer the Tories no cause for consolation.
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Labour is haunted by the ghosts of 1997
Also this week: Why Keir Starmer isn’t boring, and dancing with David Miliband.
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Why Labour should fear a Lib Dem collapse
The Tories will be the biggest winners if Ed Davey’s party’s recovery goes into reverse.
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