Who will win the Wellingborough by-election?
Though it’s tougher to win than Tamworth, winning it would put Labour on course for 420 seats.
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There’s now almost nothing that can save the Tories
Conservative voters simply aren’t enthusiastic enough about Rishi Sunak – or negative enough about Keir Starmer – to deliver victory.
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The Tories still think the voters are the problem, not them
As they deny the evidence in front of their eyes, the Conservatives are heading further right.
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The by-election results are a bonfire of Tory delusions
Westminster has long underpriced the chance of a Conservative wipeout.
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Middle East crisis shows why “security” and “resilience” are the new economic buzzwords
What this week’s by-elections, and the Gaza crisis, mean for the new economy.
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What are the Tories telling themselves today?
The Conservatives are drawing false comfort from the narrative that they lost because their voters “stayed home”.
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Danger still lies ahead for Labour
As the party celebrates its by-election triumphs, the Middle East could yet upend British politics.
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Labour’s two by-election victories put the party in landslide territory
The Tories may now call an election as late as January 2025 as they bid to avoid one of the…
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Will “shy Labour” voters decide the Tamworth by-election?
Keir Starmer’s party overturning a Tory majority of nearly 20,000 would upset a major political trend in the Midlands.
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“Nadine Dorries is as much use as a chocolate fireplace”: on the Mid Bedfordshire doorstep
The seat has been Conservative for nearly a century – now, Labour and the Lib Dems are locked in a…
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Labour takes Rutherglen: the end of SNP domination?
What the result means for the next general election and Scottish independence.
Labour has finally ended the age of SNP hegemony
The party’s victory in the Rutherglen & Hamilton West by-election is a turning point.
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Inside Labour’s battle for Scotland at the Rutherglen by-election
In central-belt suburbia, “austerity Labour” and the “sleazy SNP” fight for the future of Scottish politics.
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Ministers are on resignation watch as Rishi goes rogue
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How the MeToo backlash helped Russell Brand
Also this week: Bring on by-election season, and my predictions for Strictly Come Dancing.
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Who can beat the Tories in Mid Bedfordshire?
Labour and the Lib Dems are fighting it out for who is best-placed to challenge for Nadine Dorries’s very Conservative…
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By-election special: Tory wipeout, interrupted
Our analysis of a frightful night for Rishi Sunak.
A progressive alliance would have won Uxbridge
The centre left needs a cross-party coalition to defeat the Tories and defend policies such as Ulez.
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Would Boris Johnson have won in Uxbridge?
The single issue of Ulez may not have been enough to offset the former PM’s negative polling.
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Triple by-election bonanza – as it happened
The Tories have lost two of the three by-elections but retained Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
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