Sunak v Starmer.
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Count Binface: cometh the hour, cometh the man with a trash can on his head.
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An exit poll at 10pm will give a good sense of whether the UK is indeed heading for a Labour landslide.
Time is up on this general election.
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At 10pm, the most accurate poll of the election will be released – here’s what makes it different to all the others.
You know that feeling when you’re on your plane and every time you open your mouth, dozens of people write down everything you say? Oh, you don’t?
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People with higher power and status are less good at reading others – and there’s an unexpected explanation.
Everybody say…“my dad was a toolmaker!”
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Interviews with former MPs show the party machine can end up crushing their dreams of representing working-class voters.
‘He did it’.
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Whether illegal or not, the gambling scandal engulfing the Tory party is only the latest example of morally indefensible behaviour.
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Arguably, the two best prime ministers in recent history were the ones with the least experienced teams.
A statue of Eric Morcambe in the bellwether seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale.
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Where are the ultra marginal seats in this election?
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A former Labour minister on how to keep the parliamentary party happy and the conversation constructive.
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Why we shouldn’t let the actions of a few taint the reputations of an entire political class.
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Britain’s centre left has been divided since the end of the first world war – now it is the centre right that has been split.
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The next government faces the daunting challenge of delivering for a public that has lost faith in the idea that it can change anything.
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The next government should restore the value of benefits to cover the costs of living.
Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in December 2023.
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The Conservatives are claiming that allowing Labour a huge majority is constitutionally dangerous but in reality, it would have no extra powers.
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Boundary changes are making this election difficult to map, so we turned to the census.
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The Labour leader has sent mixed signals over the years.
Just don’t look at it, Dave. If you can’t see it, then it can’t see you.
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The absence of ideas about Britain’s direct neighbour and trading partner is only storing problems for the future.
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Making a ‘boring’ campaign more exciting, or just distracting from the issues that matter most?
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Rishi Sunak hasn’t actually lost this election yet – but you wouldn’t know it after listening to his colleagues.
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Data from Ukip’s performance in 2017 shows that once a certain tipping point is passed, Reform is indeed a significant threat to the Tories.