Neil Kinnock doubts Labour can win a majority and fears shy Tory voters May 5, 2015 Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock doubts Ed Miliband can win a majority and believes Labour will have to reach out across party lines to get its agenda through. In an interview with the New Statesman, the man who was soundly beaten by both Conservative leaders Margaret Thatcher and John Major said: I think the most [...]
Labour’s Lucy Powell hits back over EdStone gaffe May 5, 2015 Lucy Powell, Labour's election campaign vice chair, is struggling to fight off suggestions she made a serious blunder in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live. Earlier today the senior Labour politician and Ed Miliband ally said the party's election pledges, which the Labour leader has literally carved into a slab of stone, may not [...]
General Election 2015: This is what would happen if 16-year-olds had the vote May 5, 2015 If Labour comes to power following the General Election on Thursday, Ed Miliband has promised to lower the national voting age to 16. But how would this affect the success off different parties? According to a survey by education app Gojimo, it would give Labour a big boost over the Conservatives. By asking over [...]
General Election 2015: The property market is freaking out at the prospect of a Labour government May 5, 2015 The property market is terrified of Labour-led government, one of the UK's largest property search websites has suggested, thanks to the prospect of falling house prices and rising interest rates. More on this story: How Tony Blair presided over the biggest rise in UK house prices in recent history According to Zoopla, Labour's policies on [...]
General Election 2015: Populus poll places Conservatives and Labour neck and neck… still May 5, 2015 The Conservatives and Labour are still neck and neck just days from the General Election according to the latest polling. The two main parties remain on an equal footing – as they largely have done during campaigning – according to the Populus poll for the FT, which pegs the rival parties on 34 points. Populus [...]
General Election 2015: Tories confident they can win a majority without Lib Dem support May 5, 2015 Senior Conservatives hit back at the Liberal Democrats yesterday, insisting they can win an outright majority without the help of their current coalition partners, as members of all major parties feuded over possible post-election deals. With just two days to go until the General Election and polls pointing to a hung parliament, chancellor George Osborne [...]
General Election 2015: Haynes Publishing Group chairman John Haynes wants a focus on education and a commitment on corporation tax May 5, 2015 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 2 DAYS TO GO Every day of the election campaign, we have been asking a business leader to say what policies would entice them to vote for a particular party. Here is our penultimate item. JOHN (J) HAYNES: GROUP CHAIRMAN, HAYNES PUBLISHING GROUP On a Sunday evening it’s not unusual for [...]
The stats man at the centre of a political storm: IFS boss Paul Johnson on how he copes with the limelight May 5, 2015 At an event in Bloomsbury last week, a journalist started a question to Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) director Paul Johnson: “If the IFS was standing for election…” before Johnson interrupted, finishing the sentence. “We wouldn’t get elected,” he said with a laugh. Johnson may not be seeking public office, but he and [...]
London’s General Election: Lib Dem Bermondsey battler Simon Hughes still going strong May 5, 2015 Our second seat profile sees Charlotte Henry join the Lib Dems in Bermondsey. Find the first profile in our series here: Battle for Poplar and Limehouse at the edge of the City Being a Liberal Democrat candidate in London is a tough ask at the moment, with Labour aiming to make gains in the [...]
Conservative Bow Group split over chairman’s Ukip endorsement May 4, 2015 The Tory party's oldest think tank is at loggerheads this evening after the group's chairman said fellow Conservatives should vote Ukip in seats where the Tories can't win but Ukip may stand a chance. The Bow Group, which was founded in 1951, counts many senior Conservatives among its patrons and has 10,000 members. Speaking to the [...]