It turns out Labour’s manifesto is more popular than doubters would portray. The trouble is, there’s more to elections than that. So often with politics, it’s not the placing on the spectrum that matters, but the presentation. Voters can backtest
Number of seats the Green Party will stand aside in to help unseat the Conservatives: 24. Number of seats other progressive parties will stand aside in to help others: 1. The final tally for the ‘progressive alliance’ is out, and ontest
Here is a not-at-all unusual scenario in the modern housing market: having to fork out over nearly £100 to have a contract ‘renewed’. And by renewed, I mean emailed – to print, sign and post back. That’s what myself andtest
Senior Labour MPs and figures from across the spectrum – including Brian Eno and Billy Bragg – have signed an open letter calling on Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May to back a fairer voting system. The statement, organised by campaigntest
Photo: UKIP leader Paul Nuttall have a one-on-one interview with Andrew Neil, while the Greens will not. The Greens have slammed the BBC for denying the party coverage during the general election – despite UKIP getting a dedicated programme. Thetest
Photo: Dr Louise Irvine is running against health secretary Jeremy Hunt. UPDATE: Two other senior Labour members in Surrey have now been expelled on similar grounds A senior Labour party member in Surrey has been expelled after backing the Nationaltest
From ‘dark ads’ to political twitter bots, social media giants have been in the spotlight this week. But new research points to an even more worrying trend for our democracy – and one we need to talk about this electiontest
The campaign group More United have announced the slate of a dozen candidates they will be donating to for the General Election, following a vote of members. The centre-left cross-party organisation, set up by the Lib Dems’ Paddy Ashdown andtest
Party activists must hone in on winning a second seat
Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley called hard Brexit ‘a right-wing coup’
