General Election 2019

Scotland will pay a ‘heavy price’ for the Conservatives’ Brexit obsession, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said. Launching her party’s manifesto in Glasgow, Sturgeon said: “The leaders of the No campaign, made up of the Westminster parties, promised that if we voted No, we would get stability. “Since then, the Westminster parties have delivered not […]

The New European has waylaid the prime minister during one of his campaigning walkabouts in an attempt to get some answers on the Russia report. Boris Johnson was given a free copy of this issue, with a cover design by Chris Barker depicting him as a Russian doll. Picture: Archant – Credit: Archant Boris Johnson […]

Campaigners for a second referendum have released a list of 25 recommended candidates in key marginal constituencies aimed at preventing the majority Boris Johnson needs for a free rein with a hard Brexit. A new organisation, Vote for a Final Say (VOFS), will be working with young activists from For our Future’s Sake to support […]

Nigel Farage has complained that the election has not ‘taken off’ as a poll put his Brexit Party on just 4% of support. Farage was meeting voters at a working men’s club in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, when he hinted he could spoil his ballot paper on polling day. He said he thought there would be […]

Boris Johnson is weakening his negotiating hand with the EU for short-term popularity with British voters – but his trade deal with the EU will be even harder to achieve than Theresa May’s, warned a former ambassador to the bloc. Sir Ivan Rogers, who resigned in 2017 as the senior civil servant dealing with Brexit […]

The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has prompted a collective cringe on social media after he baited Stormzy with his own rap lyrics on Twitter. Big man ting!— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) November 26, 2019 In reaction to the grime artist’s public declaration of support for the Labour party, Michael Gove earlier told TalkRadio that […]

Child poverty is set to continue rising to a 60-year high under a Conservative government, while Labour’s spending would prevent a further 550,000 children living in poverty, a new report has found. The report from the Resolution Foundation found that the Tories’ 2019 manifesto makes no change to existing social security policy and risks child […]

The Liberal Democrats are beginning to regret several general election campaign decisions, including the promise to revoke Article 50 if they receive a majority, according to reports. The confidence the party enjoyed during the summer has faded somewhat, reports the FT, with expectations of 60 to 80 seats now cut to 40 at best. At […]

A raucous hustings in Dominic Raab’s constituency became even noisier when it emerged that the grieving family of Harry Dunn had not been allowed in. Supporter of Harry Dunn's family complains they haven't been allowed in. All hell breaks lose. pic.twitter.com/5EPNmeB72m— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) November 25, 2019 The foreign secretary was facing a grilling from […]

The Conservative party fulfilled less than half of the promises outlined in its 2017 manifesto – and the others were less ‘important’ to voters, say researchers A new study has found that only 48% of the promises made to the electorate have been fulfilled, and most of those were considered by voters as less central […]

A Twitter user has dubbed one of Matt Hancock’s latest general election Twitter videos with Silence of the Lambs dialogue. Despite his best efforts to take off on social media, Matt Hancock has had numerous bumps in the road whilst trying to get his message across in video tweets. One tweet, in which Hancock gave […]

The BBC has issued an apology following public backlash to a clip which edited out the audience’s reaction to a question put to Boris Johnson. A newsreel summarising clips from Friday’s two-hour Question Time election special, edited out a derisive audience reaction when the prime minister was asked how the public can trust him. The […]

A Conservative incumbent told voters he is not ‘personally’ able to do anything about child poverty in his seat, in which he has been MP for nine years. At a campaign event in Sittingbourne and Sheppey, where in some areas nearly half of the children live below the poverty line, incumbent Gordon Henderson placed much […]

Former prime minister Tony Blair has warned both Labour and Tory majority governments are a risk to the UK. Blair, speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event, said both wins for Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson will not be a “good thing”. “Both as majority governments pose a risk. It’s just that the chances I think […]

Boris Johnson is already making plans for MPs to vote on his Brexit deal before Christmas with the possibility MPs would have to sit Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Downing Street confirmed the Queen is expected re-open parliament on Monday 19th December, which would give Johnson time to bring back his Brexit deal before Christmas, […]

A chip shop owner and town councillor has prompted complaints after he posted that he would give away fish and chips if the Brexit Party wins seats off Labour in the election. David Wood, who sits on Penistone Town Council and runs Woody’s Fish and Chips in Barnsley, made the promise on Facebook, according to […]

Boris Johnson has been branded ‘absolutely embarrassing’ after he was asked about his party’s attempt to rebrand its Twitter account as an independent fact-checking service. At the launch of the Conservative Party’s election manifesto, the prime minister was asked by a Guardian reporter how the public can trust Johnson after the misleading debacle. MORE: Tory […]

The inventor of the World Wide Web has criticised the Conservative party for spreading misinformation during the general election campaign. After the Tories rebranded their press office’s Twitter account as a fact checking body, Sir Tim Berners-Lee accused the party of “unbelievable” impersonation. The Conservatives made their Twitter account appear to be an independent fact-checking […]

A pro-EU campaigner says he was ordered to remove a ‘bollocks to Brexit’ sticker from the side of the car he was driving by a policeman he described as ‘deranged’. The car involved belongs to anti-Brexit group campaign group EU Flag Mafia. Picture: supplied by Peter Cook – Credit: supplied by Peter Cook Business consultant […]

Nigel Farage could end up leader of yet another party after the general election, despite a pledge he would ‘disappear’ once Brexit was done. Last week the Brexit Party told ITV that he would “disappear” as soon as Brexit was sorted, but in a separate interview he explained he had plans to launch a “Reform […]

Television presenter Rylan Clark-Neal has hit back at critics after he was unveiled as an anchor for Channel 4’s alternative election coverage, arguing he can do a better job than a lot of political journalists. Speaking to the Big Issue magazine he criticised those who believed he should not be talking politics, arguing those who […]

A legitimate fact-checker has accused Boris Johnson of being economical with the truth after the unveiling of his election manifesto. Full Fact chief executive Will Moy said the Conservative Party could “do more to meet the standards we expect” after investigating its pledges on paving the way for 50,000 new nurses and limiting day-to-day spending […]

Boris Johnson will become Donald Trump’s ‘poodle’ if the Tories win the election and take the UK out of the EU, the Lib Dems are warning. Chuka Umunna, the Liberal Democrats spokesman on foreign affairs, has used a speech to say that Johnson will become more reliant on the US president if the Conservatives are […]

A Brexit Party candidate has admitted that no-one would ‘lose any sleep’ if Nigel Farage’s organisation disappeared. Harry Boparai, the candidate in Hayes and Harlington said that Farage had been forced to create the organisation, and that it did not matter if it did not exist if Brexit was sorted. He told This Is London: […]

A veteran Tory politician, who was an MP for 22 years, has savaged the party leader for being unable to deliver his promises and failing to turn up to battle. Keith Simpson, who was the Conservative MP for Mid-Norfolk until the election was called, appeared on the BBC’s Sunday Politics East to claim that age […]

The DUP could work with the Labour Party if there is a hung parliament, admits party leader Arlene Foster, but there is one catch. Foster reiterated her view that she could see no circumstance in which her party would support a minority Labour administration with Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister. But she acknowledged there were […]

She has steadfastly insisted that the Liberal Democrats could win the general election outright and form a majority government, despite laughs of derision from opponents. But now Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson has appeared to doubt her own conviction in her party’s chances of victory after admitting that the man she believes is not fit to […]

A new Brexit deal thrashed out by Labour could be the ‘most unloved, orphan offer ever’ because of the party’s unwillingness to commit to supporting leave or remain, television host Andrew Marr has suggested. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says he would not stay neutral in a referendum on a Labour Brexit deal, but does not […]

Labour could lose all but one of its seats in Scotland, with support dropping seven points in a poll, while Tory support looks relatively unhampered. The Panelbase study for the Sunday Times suggested that only Labour’s Ian Murray will be returned to the House of Commons. Murray, a frequent critic of leader Jeremy Corbyn, was […]

Traditional party allegiances are not enough in the Brexit era, argues TIM WALKER. A tactical vote is the only way to thwart the prime minister’s plans Voters have been acting tactically since the dawn of democracy, but it’s unusual, of course, for a candidate to do it. In Canterbury, where I was until earlier this […]

Lib Dem supporters have complained about the set-up of the Question Time leaders’ debate after the BBC confirmed the party had fewer supporters in the audience. Leader Jo Swinson faced limited support from the audience as she set out her position on Brexit and party policy. She faced criticism for her involvement in coalition with […]

A young audience member of the BBC’s Question Time election debate has slammed Boris Johnson for comments he and his ministers have made, which she said defined the ‘complete careless’ and ‘callousness’ of his government. In an emotional moment during the debate the girl tried to find the right words to define how upset and […]