Tag: uk general election 2015

Whether you believe that Cameron’s Conservatives are tight-fisted Gradgrinds or financial geniuses, there is more to a party and to a country than its economic policy. Widespread prosperity is the cornerstone of any civilised society, but what use is a

The Westminster group leader of the Northern Ireland pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has taken aim at the Conservative’s increasingly strident rhetoric over Scotland and the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), which they claim will damage the Union. Writing for the Guardian

Leading trade unionist Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, has said that the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party could work together if Ed Miliband is Prime Minister after the general election. In doing so he contradicted the Labour

Latest polling data has shown that UKIP leader Nigel Farage is nine points ahead in the constituency of Thanet South with less than two weeks to go until polling day. The numbers put Farage on 39 per cent, nine points

Police in Northumbria are investigating threats made to a UKIP candidate by an angry voter. Newcastle East candidate David Robinson-Young said he had received a call from a man who had told him “you had better f**k off or you

Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has joked that he will write Labour’s first budget if the party comes to power after next month’s election. Salmond, who will almost certainly be elected as an MP and may end up leading

A mysterious army of ‘teenage girls’ has been causing waves by releasing ingeniously photo-shopped images of Ed Miliband’s face on the bodies of notable figures from fact and fiction. Mildly entertaining though they are, they don’t seem to have had

There are currently two general elections taking place. The first and more advertised is the fantasy election being conducted within the imagination of the political class, the BBC, the dead-tree press and the vast array of public bodies, quangos and

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

Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland would demand a second independence referendum should the UK vote to leave the EU. The SNP leader, whose MEPs sit with the Greens and Welsh nationalists in the European Party to form one of its

Support for the Green Party among students has fallen dramatically since the start of the election campaign, a new poll suggests. The survey of 1,000 full-time students by YouthSight found the Greens’ support on campuses across Britain has fallen from

The Conservatives have ruled out any possibility of a deal with UKIP in the event of a hung Parliament. Tory Cabinet minister Michael Gove has dismissed the notion of a coalition, saying that “we’re not going to get into bed

An increasingly confident Nicola Sturgeon is ready to ‘punish’ Westminster for the perceived failure of Scotland to break away from the Union at last year’s independence vote. She said English politicians who begged Scotland to stay should not complain if the

The BBC has confirmed that the hand-picked audience for the opposition leaders’ debate was left leaning, despite claiming otherwise live on air. Out of all the audience members who had declared a party allegiance, only three marked themselves down as

Following a hit and miss interview with Jeremy Vine where Energy and Climate Change Minister Ed Davey appeared to say none of his party’s policies were set in stone, the Lib Dems have vowed to block Tory cuts to the

Threats of violence and even death are being used to stop UKIP from campaigning for the general election as the hard left try to stamp the party out. Groups including ‘Stand Up To UKIP’ have warned UKIP candidates not to

David Cameron’s hopes of wooing UKIP supporters to vote Conservative in May have been dealt a hammer blow by Brussels. The Tory leader was desperate to be seen as the only real option for securing a renegotiated relationship with the

A Parliamentary hopeful who claims he is a ‘feminist’ has been caught on CCTV camera in a strip club, repeatedly trying to touch a naked lap dancer. Maajid Nawaz, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn, visited the club

A UKIP candidate has reported himself to Hampshire Police after being told he could have broken electoral law because of sausage rolls. Kim Rose, who is standing in Southampton Itchen, will be questioned over allegations he tried to influence voters

The economic downturn appears to have narrowed the north-south divide as wages between the two regions converge, with statistics released today indicating any gaps in earning power are due to age not geographical location. Households in the north-east and east

The Green Party leader was rewarded for her vaguely coherent interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme by being mistakenly called Caroline Lucas by presenter John Humphrys. Ms Bennett, whose previous interview on LBC was described as ‘car crash’ and

A front group for Muslim extremists has boasted of its intent to act as “kingmakers” in the general election, and claims to be able to influence the outcome of up to 30 seats. Last month Azad Ali, a senior figure

An inquiry has been ordered into how a civil servant’s account of a meeting between Nicola Sturgeon and the French Ambassador was leaked to the Telegraph. The memo contained the revelation that Sturgeon had admitted that she would rather see

The general election campaign has only been under way for a short time, but already it has done the country a signal service. It has held up a mirror to the political class which, like a fairground novelty, has reflected