General Election 2019

An MP who quit from the Liberal Democrats to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal is to fight the general election as a Remainer. https://twitter.com/EastbourneEcho/status/1189319794580971522 Stephen Lloyd resigned the Lib Dem whip in December to vote for May’s Brexit deal, saying it was the right thing to do on behalf of his constituents. He represented the […]

There has been a surge in support for the anti-Brexit Lib Dems in outspoken Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg’s seat. A new Survation poll carried out by telephone found a drop in support for the Conservatives in Rees-Mogg’s constituency of North East Somerset. While 44% of his constituents still appear to back the MP, that is down […]

Culture secretary Nicky Morgan is the latest high profile MP to declare she will not stand in the looming December general election. Morgan, who previously served as education secretary under David Cameron, has represented Loughborough for the Conservatives since 2010. Her departure from the political frontline mirrors that of a slew of prominent Conservative figures […]

The Brexit Party could support the Conservatives by fighting as few as 20 seats in the general election. Nigel Farage’s organisation could withdraw hundreds of seats to help Boris Johnson’s ambitions to “get Brexit done”. According to the Telegraph there are splits in the pro-Brexit party over its election strategy – with some figures backing […]

Jo Swinson has suggested the Liberal Democrats could reach ‘arrangements’ with other pro-Remain parties to ensure one candidate has a clear run. The Lib Dem leader said negotiations were taking place in relation to a “small number” of constituencies in the forthcoming general election. Speaking outside the Houses of Parliament she highlighted their success in […]

Sinn Fein is hoping to unseat Brexit ‘architect’ and DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds as it aims to increase its number of MPs from seven to eight. Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill said the December 12 general election will be about maximising the return of pro-Remain candidates. “We will stand in our seven constituencies […]

Plaid Cymru have offered to work with other parties in the forthcoming general election to try and stop Brexit, leader Adam Price has said. The party’s leader confirmed it had already opened talks with other pro-Remain parties in an attempt to “secure our European future”. Plaid Cymru previously decided not to field a candidate in […]

Only 30% of pro-Remain voters need to use their vote tactically to swing the election and deny Boris Johnson a majority, a huge new poll has shown. Labour MP for Cardiff North Anna McMorrin, former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable and Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain (pic: Matt Withers) – Credit: Archant […]

Richard Braine, UKIP’s leader, has resigned after less than three months in the role and just hours after a general election was agreed. A party spokesperson confirmed that Braine would be stepping down, leaving the party seeking its seventh permanent leader since Nigel Farage resigned in 2016. It is claimed the party could be ‘on […]

Football commentator CLIVE TYLDESLEY on the challenges facing Remainers at the ballot box as we head to the polls once again. We are dashing headlong towards a general election in which millions of Britons will have nobody to vote for. I feel like I’m about to be handed a selection box in which only the […]

There are warnings that web giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter must take ‘serious further steps’ to tackle disinformation on their platforms before a general election. The European Commission has previously made the call for change to tackle their attitudes to elections by the end of the year, but now campaigners are calling for platforms […]

Polling expert Sir John Curtice has predicted that the 2019 general election will lead to a ‘record number’ of non-Conservative and non-Labour MPs in parliament. Appearing on LBC, Curtice said the election will benefit the SNP, the Lib Dems and Greens – all anti-Brexit parties. He explained: “I think the safest prediction is that we […]

Jo Swinson has reitterated her stance that neither the Labour leader nor the Conservative leader are fit to be in 10 Downing Street. Asked if she was ruling out supporting either of the leaders after the election, the Lib Dem leader told the Today programme: “I can’t be clearer. Neither Boris Johnson nor Corbyn is […]

Nicola Stugeon has insisted the only way to vote tactically in Scotland to stop a Tory Brexit is to vote SNP. Sturgeon made the claims on Twitter as she hit the campaign trail the day after MPs voted for a December 12 poll. “Seeing lots of chat this morning about tactical voting to maximise Remain […]