We’re almost there. On Thursday morning at 7am, 5,579 booths in 2,608 polling stations will open across Scotland for people to vote on whether their country should become independent. Just…
With immaculate timing, the House of Commons has shut up shop and gone on recess. MPs aren’t due back until 13 October. Their break from Westminster coincides with possibly the…
No seats changed hands in this week’s six council by-elections, though there were a few intriguing swings to give the main parties something to ponder.
The largest ever electorate for a ballot in Scotland will take part in Thursday’s referendum. The Electoral Commission has said that just under 4.3m people are registered to vote –…
Douglas Carswell’s quest in Clacton to become Ukip’s first elected MP won’t now be the only by-election taking place on Thursday 9 October. Voters in the constituency of Heywood &…
Away from the clamour of the referendum campaign, opinion polls on voting intention at the general election are continuing to be produced like clockwork. And so far this month they’ve…
Looking at the TV schedules, it seems neither the BBC nor ITV has made plans for any special coverage of the referendum on Friday 19 September – the day after the…
I listed recently the many narratives that are already shaping the election campaign. One of the most popular, perhaps because it involves only one victim, is the so-called impending demise…
We’ve reached another marker in the countdown to polling day, so it’s time for another prediction of the election result. I’m still forecasting a hung parliament, though as usual I’ve…
One of the few absolute certainties about the Scottish independence referendum is what would happen if the result is No: Scotland would not become a separate country, and would remain…
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