37 h. ago Bangladesh's interim government strips former ruling party of registration, barring it from polls

Bangladesh’s Election Commission has cancelled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, preventing it from participating in the next national election, which is expected to be held by June next year

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48 h. ago Edi Rama on course to win fourth term as PM in Albania elections

Socialists set for clear victory with 30% of votes counted in poll seen as pivotal to country’s hopes of joining EUAlbania’s prime minister, Edi Rama, is poised for victory in general elections after preliminary results showed voters returning him to power for an unprecedented fourth term.With 30% of the ballots counted, Rama’s party was leading the leftwing Socialists to a resounding win over Sali Berisha’s centre-right Democratic party in a poll viewed as pivotal for the Balkan country’s attempt to join the EU. The incumbent party had garnered 53% of the vote compared with 34% for its main opposition rival. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Boris Johnson allies predict the former Prime Minister will swoop in to rescue Tories when Reform 'self destructs' in just a matter of years

Activists have started talking up his chances of a comeback after a poll last week found he was the only potential leader under whom the Conservatives would poll higher than Mr Farage's party.

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3 d. ago Boris Johnson allies predict the former Prime Minister will swoop in to rescue Tories when Reform 'self destructs' in just a matter of years

Activists have started talking up his chances of a comeback after a poll last week found he was the only potential leader under whom the Conservatives would poll higher than Mr Farage's party.

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7 d. ago ‘Massive earthquake’ in politics could lead to Tory extinction, says Hunt

Former chancellor also said the ‘old two-party system’ could be coming to an endFormer chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said the Conservatives cannot rule out becoming extinct because of a “massive earthquake” in politics that is seeing the fracturing of the old two-party system.Senior Conservatives are increasingly alarmed about polls that show support for the party plummeting, while Reform UK is soaring. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Reform UK to be Scotland’s second largest party at Holyrood, poll suggests

The Survation survey suggests Nigel Farage’s party will beat the Tories and Labour to become the main opposition at the Scottish Parliament.

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7 d. ago Labour revolt on winter fuel mounts as poll shows Reform with a record SEVEN POINT lead

Nigel Farage's party was on 29 per cent in the latest YouGov poll carried out in the wake of the local elections, up three on last week.

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7 d. ago Is a Boris Johnson comeback the only way for Tories to survive Reform?

The former Prime Minister and Mayor of London is the only leader under which the Tories poll higher than Nigel Farage’s party, new survey finds

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7 d. ago Labour revolt on winter fuel mounts as poll shows Reform with a SEVEN POINT lead

Nigel Farage's party was on 29 per cent in the latest YouGov poll carried out in the wake of the local elections, up three on last week.

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7 d. ago Is Boris Johnson comeback the only way for Tories to survive Reform?

The former Prime Minister and Mayor of London is the only leader under which the Tories poll higher than Nigel Farage’s party, new survey finds

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1 week ago Labour MPs press Starmer to rethink benefits cuts after local elections

Removal of winter fuel allowance partly blamed for party’s setbacks at polls

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch admits Nigel Farage could become prime minister after Tories’ local elections ‘bloodbath’

The Tory leader was speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg after devastating local elections results, which left one pollster warning she only has 12 months to save her party

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1 week ago Are you worried about the rise of Reform? Take our poll and have your say

Reform UK has stunned us all with more than 600 local election wins, flipping Tory strongholds and claiming its fifth MP. With a booming Gen-Z following and rising poll numbers, the insurgent party is now threatening to upend two-party politics for good. Are you worried?

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1 week ago As Australia heads to the polls, big parties brace for rise of independents

The soft, undecided and swinging voters are at an all-time high in Australia, while support for the centre-left Labor and conservative-leaning Coalition is lowSee all our Australia 2025 election coverageMore than 18 million Australians will head to the polls this Saturday to choose between the incumbent centre-left Labor party and its conservative-leaning Liberal/National Coalition challenger.But about one in three voters will brush off the major contenders – led by the current prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton – in favour of someone else altogether, in an election marked by a cost of living crisis and the spectre of Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Blow for Keir Starmer as Reform set to sweep to victory in two major mayoral contests

Polling yesterday suggested Nigel Farage's party is on course to have two mayors, in Lincolnshire and Hull, with Labour pushed into third place in both.

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2 w. ago None of the above! Voters lack faith in any of the main party leaders, pollster warns before local elections

Disillusionment is driving this week's local elections with voters lacking faith in any of the main party leaders, a leading pollster warned yesterday.

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2 w. ago Parties clash over Trump and protest votes in local elections debate

Labour and the Tories are seeking to defend seats from Reform amid opinion poll momentum for Nigel Farage’s party.

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2 w. ago Reform UK could scoop 500 council seats to make Nigel Farage the biggest winner of this week's local elections

Nigel Farage 's party have consistently outperformed the Tories in recent national opinion polls and even risen above Labour in some surveys.

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2 w. ago Canada election results: Mark Carney's Liberal Party projected to win as Pierre Poilievre crashes in poll

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party are projected to continue to rule Canada after Monday's elections, completing a shocking comeback.

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2 w. ago Is Britain on the brink of a Reformquake? ROBERT HARDMAN hit the campaign trail up north and toured Kent with Farage as his party tops the polls

He might be standing beneath the White Cliffs of Dover in his Union Jack socks pledging to erase wokery from every branch of the public sector, yet Nigel Farage is presenting himself as the new Keir.

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