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 [...]
General Election 2015: Nicola Sturgeon ups stakes over legitimacy without “Scottish voices” May 4, 2015 Nicola Sturgeon has opened up fresh questions over the legitimacy of the next government if the General Election produces a hung parliament. Speaking on the campaign trail in Dumfries on Sunday the first minister said a government that did not reflect the choice of the Scottish electorate would not be legitimate. "Surely a test of [...]
Nick Clegg to be saved in Sheffield Hallam thanks to Tory tactical voting, says latest poll May 4, 2015 Nick Clegg is set to win his Sheffield Hallam seat thanks to a substantial number of Tory voters who are planning to switch to the Lib Dems to keep Labour out. A Guardian ICM poll shows Clegg on 42 per cent compared with his Labour challenger Oliver Coppard on 35 per cent. The Conservative candidate [...]
David Axelrod compares embattled Douglas Alexander to Barack Obama May 4, 2015 Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, who is battling to cling on to his Paisley and Renfrewshire South seat, has been compared to Barack Obama by the man who was instrumental to the President's two election victories. David Axelrod who served as a senior adviser to Obama and is now working as a consultant for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
