Brexit: Voters back EU membership as support for a referendum falls May 4, 2015 As things stand, Britain is more likely than not to vote to stay in the EU than support Brexit if there is a referendum following the General Election. A new poll for the Times' Red Box showed 34 per cent of people said they would definitely vote for Britain to remain in the EU compared [...]
Nigel Farage accuses pollsters of “voodoo science” when it comes to Ukip May 3, 2015 Nigel Farage has argued that despite pollsters indicating a decline in Ukip's popularity, it is actually “going up in the polls”. During an interview with BBC One's Andrew Marr show, he said there had been a “very desperate attempt to talk Ukip down in recent months”, and that some of the polling organisations of using [...]
General Election 2015: Liberal Democrats would only enter a coalition if public sector pay goes up May 3, 2015 Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, says there are certain matters his party will not compromise on if it enters a coalition following the General Election. Labour and the Conservatives have been placed neck-and-neck by most recent opinion polls, suggesting a hung parliament is very likely on 7 May. If that is the [...]
Ashcroft poll: Jim Murphy set to lose his seat to the SNP and Tories on course to lose their only seat in Scotland May 1, 2015 Billionaire peer Lord Ashcroft has released his final batch of constituency polls choc-a-bloc full of exciting results. Labour's leader in Scotland Jim Murphy would lose his East Renfrewshire seat to the SNP if today's polls were reflected on election day. However, the SNP's Kirsten Oswald leads Murphy by only three points – down from a [...]
How old do the UK’s party leaders look? Microsoft’s #HowOldRobot turns political May 1, 2015 Microsoft's latest facial recognition software is proving a hit with millions of people whiling away their day checking whether the snazzy new software can correctly guess their age (Check out #HowOldRobot on Twitter). The new tool provides great opportunity for much-desired flattery or bruised egos. As we approach the end of a long General Election [...]
General Election 2015: Andy Burnham opens path for Labour talks with the SNP despite Miliband’s no deal stance May 1, 2015 Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has confirmed that Labour would talk to the SNP to pass Labour's agenda through the House of Commons in the event of a hung parliament after the General Election. Burnham was asked on BBC Radio 5 Live: "Just pretend that Labour can't govern their own and they have a minority [...]
General Election 2015: A Labour-led government would be best for company pension deficits May 1, 2015 A labour-led government after the General Election would be best for employers struggling with pension scheme deficits, as the ensuing uncertainty would inject some upward momentum into bond yields and narrow funding gaps. Final salary pension schemes give retirees a guaranteed level of income regardless of movements in the stock market, as well as any changes [...]
Nicola Sturgeon “appalled” by Miliband and says Scotland will never forgive Labour if the Tories form a government May 1, 2015 Nicola Sturgeon has launched a stinging attack on Ed Miliband saying she is "appalled" that Labour has ruled out doing a deal with SNP if the General Election produces a hung parliament. Speaking on a special Question Time programme aired in Scotland, the First Minister said Scotland would never forgive Miliband if the Conservatives were [...]
Leaders’ Question Time special: What happened, who won, who lost, what did we learn? May 1, 2015 Three main party leaders faced an onslaught of questions and criticism from the public last night in the last big TV event of the General Election. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg put their case to the country in front of a BBC Question Time audience in the hope of breaking the deadlock in [...]
Ed Miliband: I’d rather give up No. 10 than do SNP deal April 30, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband unequivocally ruled out a deal with the SNP last night, telling an audience in Leeds that he would rather give up the keys to Downing Street than team up with Nicola Sturgeon after 7 May. “If it meant we weren’t going to be in government, not doing a coalition, not doing a [...]