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Labour’s policies are popular. But politics is about presentation
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
Young people are getting back into politics
Article by James Hart, first published by The Conversation. Every time a British election rolls around, it elicits a wave of hand-wringing editorials about young voters’ poor turnout at the polls relative to older people. But this year, there aretest
Progressive alliances are more than formal pacts: this is a culture shift
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
Hastings Green Party backs Labour in a bid to unseat Amber Rudd
Hasting Green Party has agreed to stand down their candidate in Hastings and Rye in a bid to help the Labour Party unseat Amber Rudd. The local party came to this decision on the condition after Labour’s candidate Peter Chowneytest
Let’s not turn the clock back to the time when killing foxes for fun was legal
This post is by Eduardo Gonçalves, CEO of League Against Cruel Sports Hunting foxes is back on the agenda. Britain’s voters have been waiting to hear what the next government will be doing on key issues like the NHS, education andtest
Greens criticise others for ‘wilfully ignoring’ the environment as they launch environment manifesto
The Greens have criticised other parties for ‘wilfully ignoring’ the environment as they launched their environment manifesto today, which they say will put ” our natural world at the heart” of the 2017 general election. They said their party istest
Labour manifesto leak: the highlights
Last night, Labour’s manifesto was leaked to the Daily Mirror and The Telegraph. There are disputes about who was responsible for this, as the manifesto was not due to be released in full until next week. Former Corbyn press officer Matttest
Here’s the real squatters of the housing market: letting agents
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
The Rich List: Why inequality must be a general election battleground
Last week the Times published their annual ‘Rich List’ – and it’s the latest sign that inequality must be a key general election battleground. Labour proposes to raise income taxes for those earning more than £80,000 yearly. And even Prime Ministertest
Can the Tories take Alex Salmond’s Seat?
As the General Election campaign unfolds, it is fast becoming one that is meshing together elements from elections in times gone by. As in 1983, a female Conservative Leader and Prime Minister faces a left wing Labour leader, with thetest