February 18, 2015
Which parties could benefit most from the ex-BNP vote?
At the last election, the party that prided itself most on posing as insurgent and anti-establishment was not Ukip or the Greens, but the BNP. It had done well enough…
At the last election, the party that prided itself most on posing as insurgent and anti-establishment was not Ukip or the Greens, but the BNP. It had done well enough…
The total number of MPs standing down at the election has now reached 88. A few constituencies are still searching for replacements, even though we’re less than three months away…
Here’s my complete guide to the seats I think will most shape the result of the election, and from which we’ll best judge the success and failure of all the…
Halfway through February, the opinion polls are still clinging stubbornly to the trend of the past few months:
Only one seat was up for grabs in this week’s local by-elections. It was on Harlow council, and it was won by Labour from Ukip: The result represents a 10%…
Academics from the British Election Study yesterday published what they called a “nowcast” (as opposed to a forecast) of the general election result. It caused quite a stir on social…
I wrote yesterday of how Labour will need a 19.7% swing to defeat Nick Clegg at the election, while the SNP will need a 20.8% swing to unseat Douglas Alexander….
The number of MPs who may be facing a “Portillo moment” on election night just keeps getting longer. Already on the list was education secretary Nicky Morgan, who would be…
Just before Christmas I had a go at listing all the other elections that were due to take place in the UK on the same day as the general election. The exact number…
The 1959 general election was the first time the Conservative party failed to win the most seats in Scotland. The Tories have been in decline in this part of the…