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    • Sunday, 15 October, 2023
      UK general election
      Plenty of time for Keir Starmer’s sheen to fade

      It has been a good conference for the UK opposition Labour party — but will that translate into a solid majority?

      Labour Party branding is displayed on the outside of the venue on the first day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool
    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      UK general election
      The perils for Conservatives if they rely on Sunak to save them

      Polling shows the PM way ahead of his party, but recent history shows presidential-style campaigning has pitfalls

      Rishi Sunak
    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      UK politics
      Attacks on the wealthy authors of ‘Austerity 2.0’ could backfire

      The public have a more nuanced attitude than Labour might wish to Hunt and Sunak’s riches

      Protesters in 2011 wearing top hats and masks of George Osborne, then chancellor. Labour attacks on the wealth, rather than policies, of the present Downing Street neighbours are likely to be ineffectual
    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      The Conservatives have come back from oblivion before

      Tory leaders may fall out of public favour, but the party has a genius for survival

      Jonathan McHugh illustration of a tree with a large golden canopy roughly coloured with a tick blue highlighter. The tree is standing on a small yellow hill with a bit of green around it, axe laying on the ground, its trunk almost entirely cut
    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      UK by-elections
      Lessons for Conservatives from the double by-election blow

      Scores of other seats could go the way of Tiverton and Honiton and fall to the Lib Dems; the message from Wakefield for Labour is less clear

      Newly elected Liberal Democrat MP Richard Foord , right, with party leader Ed Davey and chief whip Wendy Chamberlain
    • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
      UK by-elections
      Johnson’s woes are multiplied if he cannot ‘unite the right’

      Lessons from the 2019 general election show the Conservatives are vulnerable as a midterm by-election looms

      Candidates in the North Shropshire by-election. Voting for rightwing populists is a pastime mainly for the elderly or middle aged, of which the constituency has more than its fair share
    • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
      UK politics
      Identity politics are a risky strategy for both Labour and the Tories

      Keir Starmer may not be on track for a win in the next election, but the Conservatives should worry about transactional voters

      Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks out of 10 Downing Street
    • Saturday, 11 April, 2020
      Brexit
      A Brexit extension would face serious opposition even during coronavirus

      Those who think such a decision is obvious need to avoid the repeated mistakes of Remainers

      Pro-Brexit supporters celebrate in Parliament Square, London, after the UK left the European Union on Friday, ending 47 years of close and sometimes uncomfortable ties to Brussels. PA Photo. Picture date: Friday January 31, 2020. See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
    • Saturday, 7 December, 2019
      UK general election
      Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are set to disappoint their supporters

      Both leaders would have to let down their grassroots if they make it to Downing Street

      Supporters hold placards ahead of the official launch of the Conservative Party's general election campaign at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he'll be able to get his Brexit deal through Parliament in "a few weeks" if his Conservatives win a majority. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
      UK politics
      A warning to Tory rebels: running as an independent MP is harder than it looks

      David Gauke and Philip Hammond and others who lost the Conservative whip face a tough fight

      Conservative Members of Parliament David Gauke and Philip Hammond walk in Westminster, in London, Britain September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
    • Saturday, 25 May, 2019
      UK politics
      Both the Conservatives and Labour are in thrall to member power

      The influence of the rank and file is felt particularly in leadership contests

      The audience at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham today.
    • Friday, 22 September, 2017
      Brexit
      The Tory temperament means a U-turn on Europe is always possible

      Conservative pragmatists and purists have long been locked in a struggle over the EU

      Artwork for FTWeekend Comment - issue dated 23.09.17
    • Saturday, 12 August, 2017
      Brexit
      A new centrist pro-EU party can be a catalyst even if it flops

      Warnings from SDP veterans miss the point of nudging Labour’s Brexit position

      LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Pro-Brexit demonstrators protest outside the Houses of Parliament on November 23, 2016 in London, England. British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she will not delay triggering article 50, the formal process of leaving the European Union, but wants to avoid a "cliff edge". (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 9 June, 2017
      Brexit
      The Conservatives have a leadership decision to make

      The party cannot go into another election with May at the helm

      FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May looks on during a general election campaign visit to a tool factory in Kelso, Scotland, Britain, June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Stansall/Pool/File Photo
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
      UK politics
      Search is on to reshape centre-left ground in UK politics

      Options include new centre party, Momentum-style campaign groups and local electoral alliances

      LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 02: Former Liberal democrat leader Paddy Ashdown leaves after attending a television interview to discuss the death of colleague Charles Kennedy on June 2, 2015 in London, England. Former Liberal Democrat Party leader Mr Kennedy passed away unexpectedly at his home in Fort William aged 55. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 3 January, 2016
      News in-depthUK constitutional-electoral reform
      Dream of multiparty politics fails to materialise

      No end in sight to first-past-the-post as Tory, Labour — and now SNP — keep stranglehold on Commons

      Prime Minister David Cameron speaking during the debate in the House of Commons on extending the bombing campaign against Islamic State to Syria. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday December 2, 2015. See PA story POLITICS Syria. Photo credit should read: PA Wire
    • Sunday, 27 December, 2015
      News in-depthUK politics
      London’s youth swells Labour ranks

      Number of full party members has doubled in half a year

      Conservative party conference in Manchester. Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, speaks at a postal workers union rally in Manchester cathedral this evening.
    • Friday, 3 October, 2014
      UK general election
      UK civil servants plan for hung parliament

      Whitehall eyes two general elections in quick succession

      Generic views of the Houses of Parliament. For Katie Carnie, Austerity.
    • Friday, 4 April, 2014
      World
      Expenses furore deals a blow to Cameron
    • Monday, 3 September, 2012
      Westminster blogKiran Stacey
      Cameron can please his party or show his authority – not both
    • Wednesday, 5 May, 2010
      Westminster blogWorld
      Polls still point to hung parliament
    • Monday, 19 April, 2010
      Westminster blogWorld
      Video: Swing to Clegg falls short
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