local elections
Jacob Rees-Mogg could be reported to the police over Tory ‘gerrymandering’ claims
“It seems to me there is a real possibility that the only fraud could be this Government."
The local elections confirm that Labour is on course for power – but not a majority
'Labour needs to win the national popular vote by 9pts in order to win an overall majority, which would require an 11% swing – bigger than the swing achieved by Tony Blair in 1997'
First Past the Post is at the heart of a lack of trust in politics
In 2019, 71% of all votes cast had no impact on the outcome of the election, either because they went to candidates who lost, or went into padding the majorities of winning MPs.
The local elections show how anti-housing Tories are on the ropes
Some big names have been taken down, for better or worse
James Cleverly’s election video blasted as one of the worse social media clips ever tweeted by a cabinet minister
‘You’re our Foreign Secretary and you literally don’t even know where you are.’
Jonathan Gullis trends following Tories’ crushing defeat in Stoke-on-Trent
The MP’s post-election results interview was drowned out by Labour cheers.