Hartlepool by-election: Brexit Party voters flock to Tories as independents ‘cleave Labour’
Analysis of polling results in the North East paint a nuanced picture of what is going on.
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Sir Keir Starmer writes open letter to country ahead of Thursday’s elections
It will be his first electoral test since taking over from Jeremy Corbyn, who stood down in the wake of the 2019 general election defeat.
Right-leaning think-tank accuses Iran of seeking to interfere in Scottish election
It comes as Alex Salmond says Scotland should be able to leave the UK and become independent without taking on a share of the UK’s debt.
German Green party tops the polls with five months until election day
The poll-of-polls, published on Monday, puts the Greens in the lead for the first time since June 2019.
Council elections: ’80 per cent of everything you see and touch is affected by local government’
“It’s the town council doing the bins, providing the local parks and playgrounds, it’s all of those things but no one pays attention to it.”
‘Club for an elite few’: Calls to abolish ‘absurd practice’ of aristocrat elections in House of Lords
“Removing these by-elections would be the first step in a package of reform desperately needed to ensure we have a scrutiny chamber that is fit for purpose, rather than this elitist mockery of democracy."
Cornwall set to punish Tories for ‘Brexit betrayal’ in local elections
“It’s a complete sellout. It’s a betrayal. I can’t vote Conservative," one fisherman said.
May elections: How left vote-splitting could hand victory to the Tories…again
TLE analysis shows the Conservatives have a 5:1 advantage in many constituencies.
SNP to lose out on majority at Holyrood election, poll predicts
On a positive note, only 1 per cent of voters said they plan to vote for Alex Salmond’s Alba Party.