The Lib Dems’ Middle England revolution
As Kemi Badenoch chases Reform, she is losing her party’s traditional heartlands.
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Does Labour have a “forgotten flank”?
Internal critics accuse the party of ignoring the Lib Dems and the Greens.
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Can Reform grow up?
After scandals and infighting, Nigel Farage’s party faces its first big test on 1 May, at England’s local elections.
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Inside the Chaotic Map of Doom
What can we glean from More in Common’s latest polling?
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Reform’s make-or-break elections
If the party cannot translate momentum into council seats, it risks being another noisy but inconsequential endeavour.
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Nigel Farage’s mutinous army
Reform’s local election rally in Birmingham was soured by pessimism – and rumblings of internal dissent.
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The reluctant politician
A year ago, our writer stood for local election – and won by a landslide. But there was a catch:…
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Fifty years on the campaign trail
What I’ve learned from five decades of reporting on British elections.
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Labour is yet to win over the north
Also this week: red-on-red mayor wars, lessons from the locals, and Michael Gove’s hanging baskets.
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The Tory doomscroll
Dismayed by the local elections, Conservatives fear the party faces not only electoral defeat but a crisis of identity.
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Labour has triumphed but it should reflect too
The voters who abandoned Keir Starmer’s party are an early warning of potential trouble ahead.
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The Tories need to avoid false comfort
Labour’s victories in Yorkshire and the East Midlands are far more telling than Ben Houchen and Andy Street’s survival.
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Should Rishi Sunak really celebrate Ben Houchen’s victory?
The Tees Valley mayor only won by running against the Prime Minister.
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The Tories are doomed but Rishi Sunak is safe
Even the Prime Minister’s biggest opponents recognise that a change of leader will not save the Conservatives.
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What the local elections mean for Westminster
If Andy Street and Ben Houchen can hold on, Rishi Sunak will claim that defeat is not inevitable.
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The Tories are facing a moment of great peril
Rishi Sunak may gamble on a summer general election if he fears being removed by Tory MPs.
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A bluffer’s guide to rural politics
Initially a reluctant candidate for a Herefordshire Council seat, I discovered the camaraderie, conflict and thrill of local elections.
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Have the Conservatives already lost the next election? With Andrew Marr and David Gauke
The local elections may have confirmed one thing: the writing is on the wall for the government.
The Tory right says the quiet part out loud
Day two of the National Conservatism conference offered an unnerving insight into our ruling party.
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PMQs: Keir Starmer enjoys a victory parade
The Labour leader relished Rishi Sunak’s electoral woes.
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