Guy Birchall

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UKIP Has a Clear Majority – On Google

If the general election were decided by Google searches rather than votes, Nigel Farage would already be measuring up for curtains in Number 10. The Eurosceptic party has driven four times more internet traffic than any of the other parties

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14-Year-Old Boy Charged over Alleged ANZAC Day Terror Plot

A 14 year-old boy from Blackburn is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ court today on charges of inciting terrorism in Australia. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of inciting two 18-year-old men in Australia

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Green Party Not Climate Loony Enough Claim Green Climate Loons

Climate scientists and activists have accused the Green Party of ignoring its own core message by not talking about climate change in the general election campaign. Although the party’s manifesto discusses green policies and climate change at length, the party

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Did You Register to Vote? If Not, You’re Too Late…

Midnight Monday was the last chance voters had to register to vote for this year’s general election. One of the most unpredictable general elections for decades has seen all parties striving to get all the voters they can on the electoral

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Major Intervention: Former PM warns of SNP ‘chaos’ ahead

The last Conservative leader to take the party to a parliamentary majority today intervened in the election campaign with a high profile speech in the West Midlands. Sir John Major presented voters with a stark choice between the party that

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