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SNP MPs representing fishing communities where support for Brexit is strong have broken ranks with the Europhile party line, signing a pledge calling on Scotland to leave the EU and take back its fishing waters.

Suppose you were a Conservative leader hoping to win a stonking majority in your general election campaign, which of these two manifesto propositions do you think would win the most votes?

The Labour Party has thrown its position on Brexit into further confusion after reneging on a pledge to support ending Free Movement within hours of having made it.

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to hold a second referendum on leaving the United Kingdom have suffered a blow after polls show barely a quarter of voters back the proposed ballot.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair believes the election polls predicting a Labour defeat in Britain’s upcoming snap election appear “definitive”, and is calling for “a movement of informed voters who can ensure that a re-elected Tory party cannot claim a mandate for Brexit at any cost”.

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party leader Ruth Davidson has suggested that an increased Tory majority could disempower “Brexiteer bastards” currently holding Theresa May “to ransom”, possibly opening the door to a watered-down exit deal.

LONDON (AFP) – Voters could give europhile politicians a boost in Britain’s upcoming election but the effect will be limited and the prospect of a grand alliance to soften Brexit is improbable, analysts said.

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May will likely win the parliamentary vote tomorrow that will allow her to call a General Election on June 8th this year. This means a vote is just 50 days away — less time than a

Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has said he will decide whether or not he will stand in Britain’s upcoming election over “the next couple of days” while speaking on his regular LBC radio show. The veteran MEP said that part

UKIP’s leadership has slammed the Tories for “putting party before country” by calling an early election, implying they are pre-empting a series of by-elections that could be called following a police investigation into alleged electoral fraud.

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May is due to make an unexpected statement in Downing Street, triggering speculation that she plans to call an early election.

Analysis of the demographic makeup of constituencies suggests that anti-Brexit parties could win 150 fewer seats than pro-Leave parties in a general election.

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, has joined his successor in calling for a general election before the British exit from the European Union (EU), potentially to allow the result of the referendum on British membership to

California Attorney General Kamala Harris pulled off a commanding first place finish in the crowded race to replace retiring Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday — a win thanks in large part to the flooded field of Republican and “no party preference” candidates in a “jungle” primary.

Voters in California will face a tidal wave of ballot measures in the November general election, on issues from the death penalty and condoms to marijuana and plastic bags.

Sen. Ted Cruz pitched members of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) for support in his pursuit of the Republican nomination, arguing that Donald Trump as the nominee would ensure an electoral “bloodbath of Walter Mondale-proportions,” a Democratic takeover of the U.S. Congress, economic stagnation and a nuclear-armed Iran.

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday Donald Trump continues to offer public support of Planned Parenthood because he is already “running a national presidential campaign” and “already thinks in terms of being the nominee.”

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny set Feb. 26 as the date for parliamentary elections on Wednesday, highlighting the economic recovery his government has overseen as he kicked off campaigning for what promises to be a tight contest.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is trying to raise money for 2016 House races with its own version of Donald Trump’s infamous “Make America Great Again” hat.

Britain’s voting system is “awful” and ought to be changed in order to bring more voices into British politics, Labour MP Chuka Umunna has said. The former shadow business secretary made his remarks at a fringe event at the Labour

A ‘proud Cameroon’ has revealed that the Conservative Party won the General Election by using the Labour Party’s divide and rule tactics with black and minority ethnic voters. Binita Mehta, a Conservative party member from Watford and confessed ‘Tofu Tory’ (vegan)

What a fussy lot some of you are. Last week, the left in England experienced one of its most stunning reverses since Margaret Thatcher crushed the Miners’ Strike. We saw the defenestration of George Galloway, Ed Davey, Vince Cable, Ed

We don’t know the result yet except actually we do: a total dog’s breakfast of an epic cock up of a disaster for pretty much everyone. The people I feel especially sorry for are those of us on the right.

In 42 days the British public go to the polls in what is turning out to be the least predictable election ever. Uniform swings are out of the window, closely followed by the accepted two-party system. Here is our guide

Two seats in this May’s General Election will be decided by a majority immigrant voting population, figures reveal. East Ham and Brent North, both currently held by Labour, have more than 50 per cent of voters born overseas yet eligible

British Prime Minister David Cameron opened up a new front in his battle for re-election as he pledged the UK would have the highest employment rate in the G7. Speaking at a press conference in Ipswich, the Prime Minister committed

He may have been named 2014 Briton of the Year by one of his biggest enemies but there’s an even bigger battle ahead for Nigel Farage in 2015. Aside from the General Election where his party stands to improve on