The Tories are eyeing a spring general election
Senior Conservatives believe that a “small boats” election in May could deliver victory.
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Labour isn’t winning, the Tories are losing
While voters think Labour would do a better job on the cost-of-living crisis, they don’t actually know what the party’s…
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Is a Labour-Lib Dem coalition Scotland’s future?
The parties have governed together before and it could suit both to do so again.
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Keir Starmer is refusing to play Rishi Sunak’s game
On immigration, Downing Street wanted a bonfire. Labour brought a fire extinguisher.
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The Tories are showing how to lose the next election
Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights is not a voter priority.
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Carla Denyer: “Under proportional representation, Labour might split in two”
The co-leader of the Green Party on electoral success, climate spending and voting reform.
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The retromania election
Has the future of British politics ever looked more like the past?
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Polling is ruining politics
Instead of substantive discussions about policy, elections are reduced to game theory.
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Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?
The centre right has regularly governed in western European countries with proportional systems.
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Keir Starmer’s most dangerous months now lie ahead
The Labour leader faces a tension between economic orthodoxy and the promise of change.
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What could go wrong for Keir Starmer?
The burden of being the frontrunner to be the next prime minister is starting to show.
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“Security”: the inside story of Labour’s new buzzword
Keir Starmer’s party believes it has found a term that speaks positively to all parts of the political spectrum.
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Brexit won’t define the next election – but the one after that is a different story
Another five years of “Bregret” could push Labour in a much more pro-European direction.
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The Policy Ask with Alastair Campbell: “Boris Johnson and his kind should never be allowed near public life again”
The journalist and former Downing Street press secretary on populism, Brexit, and the need for a Political Reform Bill.
How the civil service prepares for transitions of power
With an election looming, the UK's most senior civil servants must get ready for all eventualities.
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The secret life of an election pledge
Labour and Conservative manifesto writers reveal the untold story of these vital documents.
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Why we should fear a Tory rout
Electoral humiliation could enable a comeback by Boris Johnson or the rise of Suella Braverman.
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The Johnson Restoration now seems an impossible dream
Could Rishi Sunak prevent the former PM from standing in a different seat before the election?
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Labour will inherit the chaos of the Covid inquiry
Divisions are plaguing the whole country, and are rooted in personality and populism, not policy.
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A Tory electoral timebomb
Voters move right with age – this was once regarded as an iron law of politics. The Conservative electorate would…
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