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After all the speculation, we now know how all the parties fared in the general election. But what about women? Was this a good outcome for them? The answer is a qualified yes. Women comprised a record…

Names are already flying, but rushing an appointment would be a big mistake.

After what must be the most irresponsible campaign ever by a governing party, there are choppy waters for the Tories to navigate

The big story of the election, it turns out, is that the big story of the election has been utterly and completely wrong all along. The media narrative of the campaign, like many others preceding it, was…

The Conservative Party looks set to do even better than the surprising exit polls predicted, but the real glory in this election lies with the small parties. The SNP have virtually wiped the main parties…

We knew this would be a bad night for the Lib Dems but few predicted it’d be this bad. Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, Simon Hughes, Jo Swinson, Ed Davey, Lynne Featherstone and many others have lost their…

After the astonishing events of the 2015 election, offering to implement the Smith proposals in Scotland will not suffice. The Tories will have to think bigger.

One consequence of the 2010 leader debates was that they almost entirely erased women from the political discussion. It has therefore been refreshing, and widely commented upon, that three of the party…

DevoManc will see £6 billion devolved to Greater Manchester for the NHS, and

EU partners have been careful not to take sides in the British election.