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5 days ago · Over the weekend, an unnamed ally of the prime minister (which narrows it down somewhat) explained to the FT's George Parker why the Conservatives have gone to the polls now: “For a long time ...
May 22, 2024 · Gender politics is one of the key dividing lines between the Conservatives and Labour, with the Tories opposing self-ID for trans people and Labour pledging to make it easier. Labour is ...
1 day ago · A surprise election called in December 1923 by Conservative prime minister Stanley Baldwin proved to be a miscalculation that briefly reunited the ailing Liberal Party and opened the way to a minority Labour Party government, though the Conservatives remained the largest single party and were able to regain power the following year. Apart from ...
May 17, 2024 · Tim Stanley pondered the question in his column this week, and readers took to the comments section to explain why they are giving the Tories another chance despite their dissatisfaction with the ...
May 8, 2024 · Starmer welcomes Natalie Elphicke after Labour MP defects from Conservatives. Tory MP Natalie Elphicke has defected from the party to Labour, heavily criticising the prime minister and her former ...
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3 days ago · There are, nonetheless, two huge problems with this approach. The first is that these voters are already not numerous enough for the Conservatives to win other than in very particular circumstances (2019, during the Brexit deadlock and Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, being such a case). The second is that the voters to whom the Tories appeal are ...
May 22, 2024 · By Rachel Cunliffe. Bafflement. That is the mood among many Conservative MPs and campaigners at the news Rishi Sunak has called an election for 4 July. To say Westminster did not see this coming was an understatement – and not just because the day began with a warning from the Deputy Prime Minister that Brits should start stockpiling food ...
