That UKIP could stop Labour winning target seats next year – and even win some of those seats themselves – is now an established truth for the Labour Party. Whilst there’s a great deal of denial going on about UKIP (including, as Conor Pope expertly skewered yesterday, the idea that UKIP doing well secures a victory for Labour) those activists and candidates fighting against UKIP in seats the party needs to win next year know the challenge Farage’s party present. But […]
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Five plots in search of an election result
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A 9% UKIP strategy isn’t a path to power. It’s a route to disaster
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Cameron “outwitted, outmanoeuvred and outvoted” – Miliband’s statement on Juncker appointment
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