Theresa May’s election gamble has backfired spectacularly
Theresa May’s election gamble has backfired spectacularly. As things stand, the result of the General Election is a hung Parliament.…
Revealed: Tories’ hung Parliament briefing lines
Senior Conservatives insist that they don’t recognise the exit poll, which predicts a hung Parliament. But privately they appear to…
Labour’s treatment of Diane Abbott raises questions about Corbyn’s judgment
Last night, Diane Abbott appeared — perhaps for the first time — to have something in common with Philip Hammond.…
Nicola Sturgeon given rough ride over IndyRef2 on Question Time special
After both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn received a rough ride on Friday in the Question Time leaders election special,…
Theresa May says ‘enough is enough’ following latest terror attack
Theresa May has said ‘enough is enough’ in a robust statement following last night’s terror attack, which left seven people dead…
Terror strikes London again
Seven people were killed and at least 48 injured after a van and knife attack in the London Bridge area.…
Jeremy Corbyn hammered on defence in Question Time special
Tonight Jeremy Corbyn faced his toughest media appearance of the campaign as he took questions from a live studio audience…
Tim Farron on the ropes in Andrew Neil interview – ‘you’re a populist who’s not popular’
Tonight it was Tim Farron’s turn to take centre stage in the last instalment of the Andrew Neil interviews. Unfortunately…
Emily Thornberry creates chaos
Back in April, the idea of Jeremy Corbyn holding ‘transition talks’ with Sir Jeremy Heywood — the Cabinet Secretary — was…
Theresa May gets her election campaign back on track
Tonight there will be sighs of relief in CCHQ after Theresa May put in a solid – if imperfect – performance in…
Revealed: Conservatives revise down their internal election projections
The news that the Tory lead has dropped to just five points, according to a Times/YouGov poll yesterday, has been…
UK terror threat level raised to ‘critical’, soldiers deployed to the streets
In her second statement of the day, Theresa May has announced that the national terror threat level has been raised…
The drop in the Conservative lead isn’t all bad news for Theresa May
On the surface, today’s front pages don’t make enjoyable reading for the Prime Minister. The Sunday Times leads on a…
Five things we’ve learnt from the Conservative manifesto
Today Theresa May unveiled the 2017 Conservative and Unionist Party manifesto at an event in West Yorkshire. Parking her tanks…
The never-ending deficit – Tories put off balancing the books until 2026
At today’s Tory manifesto launch, Theresa May put some clear blue water between herself and the Cameroons as she ditched many…
The Lib Dems want what remains of the Remain vote
Tim Farron is in Bethnal Green tonight launching the Liberal Democrats 2017 manifesto. As the party try to keep hopes…
Conservatives’ pointless press conference backfires
Although Theresa May insists that she is not complacent about the election result, the Conservatives do feel confident enough to…
Five things we’ve learnt from the Labour manifesto
Today Jeremy Corbyn launched Labour’s 2017 manifesto in Bradford. Given that the draft version of the document leaked last week,…
Listen: John McDonnell gets Labour’s manifesto day off to a bad start
Well, this is going well. In less than two hours Labour will launch its 2017 manifesto and John McDonnell has…
Labour’s shadow cabinet – not coming to a town near you
Usually in a general election campaign, MPs in marginal seats invite high profile party figures to their constituencies in a…
Who benefits from the Labour manifesto leak?
Today’s front pages are emblazoned with details of the policies in Labour’s manifesto. Usually, this level of policy coverage would…
Labour’s approach to Brexit: the greatest upset of the greatest number
The day of a party’s election campaign launch ought to generate some pretty straightforward policy coverage. Instead, Labour yesterday managed…
It will take more than a defeat to shift Jeremy Corbyn
Last night, Jeremy Corbyn confirmed many Labour moderates’ worst fears when he declared that he would not quit as leader —…
What’s gone wrong for the Liberal Democrats?
The results from the local elections are in — and we’re beginning work out what it means for the parties with…
The Spectator guide to the local elections
Today voters go to the polls to vote in the local elections — with the results beginning to emerge in…