30 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Will Reform UK win the next General Election?

Cast your vote on what you think will happen in the next General Election after an explosive megapoll found Nigel Farage is set for the biggest Commons majority in modern political history.

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3 d. ago A New York candidate vanished months ago at sea. But could he still win the election?

Republicans fought to keep missing Democrat candidate Petros Krommidas on the ballot, but his supporters still want him to be elected

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3 d. ago Readers' letters: Labour must think radically to win Holyrood election

A devo-max argument could counter John Swinney’s belief that the ‘limits of devolution’ have been reached, a reader says

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4 d. ago John Swinney insists he won't resign if SNP fails to win majority at Holyrood election

Keith Brown, the SNP depute leader, had suggested the First Minister was "staking his premiership on winning independence".

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5 d. ago SNP backs Swinney’s ‘clear’ strategy for new independence referendum

Members overwhelmingly endorse leadership motion that majority at next Holyrood election is only route to second voteSNP members have overwhelmingly backed leader John Swinney’s “clear and unambiguous” independence strategy that a majority election win is the only route to another referendum.On the first day of the party’s annual conference in Aberdeen, the vast majority of members backed the leadership’s motion that next May’s Holyrood elections should be fought on a “clear platform of national independence” and that winning a majority in the Scottish parliament – by securing 65 seats or more – would be “the only uncontested way to deliver a new vote on Scotland’s future”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Stephen Flynn kicks off SNP conference by painting John Swinney's stability as the party's strength

The big challenge for the SNP over the next three days is coming up with a strategy to win the 2026 election.

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7 d. ago Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leaderNigel Farage has claimed teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK election win, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors.The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says stamp duty will be scrapped if Conservatives win next election

The Tory leader unveiled her plans to abolish Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) whilst concluding her speech at the party conference

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9 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The sight of Maggie's old outfits at Tory conference is creepy. It's time for the party to end its obsession with her if it is to have any chance of a revival

Before the Conservatives win any election they will need to chime with 21st-century Britain and its voters. To use a German word, they will need to find the zeitgeist, writes Quentin Letts.

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9 d. ago Video shows empty seats during key Conservative party conference speech

There were several empty seats at the Conservative Party's conference on Monday, 6 October, as Sir Mel Stride laid out the opposition's economic plans if they win the next election.

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1 week ago Tories to ditch business rates for pubs and shops if they win election

Sir Mel Stride made the commitment as he addressed the Conservative Party conference

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1 week ago Electoral system means Lib Dems will ‘undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories

Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the coalition of voters Boris Johnson assembled in 2019 had all but broken up.

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1 week ago Andrej Babiš to hold talks with other Czech parties on forming government

Billionaire faces tricky task trying to secure enough support to become PM after ANO wins elections without majorityAndrej Babiš has met the Czech president, Petr Pavel, and is to hold talks with other party leaders as the billionaire populist begins the tricky job of trying to form a stable government after his ANO (Yes) party won parliamentary elections, but failed to secure a majority.Final results showed ANO won 34.5% of the vote, held on Friday and Saturday, translating to a provisional 80 seats in the 200-member parliament. The centre-right Spolu coalition of the outgoing prime minister, Petr Fiala, came second on 23.4%. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Can Czech populist Andrej Babiš form stable government after election win?

Billionaire begins talks with other party leaders after ANO party triumphs in elections but fails to secure majorityAndrej Babiš has met the Czech president, Petr Pavel, and is to hold talks with other party leaders as the billionaire populist begins the tricky job of trying to form a stable government after his ANO (Yes) party won parliamentary elections, but failed to secure a majority.Final results showed ANO won 34.5% of the vote, held on Friday and Saturday, translating to a provisional 80 seats in the 200-member parliament. The centre-right Spolu coalition of the outgoing prime minister, Petr Fiala, came second on 23.4%. Continue reading...

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1 week ago What is ECHR as Tories threaten to leave if they win election

The Tory leader announced she would withdraw the UK from the international treaty if it won the next election, prompting a furious response from human rights group.

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1 week ago Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election

In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAt stuffy United Nations press conferences, in swanky auditoriums and at sticky socialist dance parties, one word was on everyone’s lips at this year’s Climate Week NYC: affordability.The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said under that under President Trump the United States is “returning to commonsense energy policies that focus on affordability”. The former energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, said Democrats must focus on renewable power’s ability to shrink power bills to win elections. And supporters of the almost certainly soon-to-be New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, trumpeted their efforts to link green policies with efforts to lower city residents’ rent and make transit affordable.Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a dayUK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour ...

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2 w. ago ‘Russia will not stop until they are forced to do so,’ Danish PM warns European leaders summit – Europe live

More than 45 leaders meet in Copenhagen for the seventh summit of the European Political Community European Council president António Costa opens his speech with congratulations for Moldova and its president Maia Sandu for the win of pro-European forces in last weekend’s parliamentary elections there.He also congratulates the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for their recent peace deal.“I know that for some of you, the threat from Russia is very clear and very present. For others, it still seems further away, but none of us can no longer be naive. The war was never just about Ukraine. It is about Europe, all our nations, all our citizens, our values and our freedom.”“Please just take one look at the history of our continent, from the expansion of the Russian Empire to Soviet tanks rolling across several borders during the cold war, shattering hopes of freedom. Recent history tells us the exact same story. So why shouldn’t it happen again? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Could Nigel Farage really win the next election? Here’s what the polls say

Reform’s lead is persistent but pollsters themselves point out that their models come with significant uncertaintyUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has spent his political career disrupting the political order, but with Reform UK’s popularity on the rise, some in Westminster believe he could be on course to pull off the greatest political earthquake in modern British political history.Not only have recent polls pointed to Reform effectively replacing the Conservatives as the main opposition, some have even suggested Farage could enter Downing Street if such support is maintained at the next election. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago SNP’s time in power at Holyrood running out, Anas Sarwar insists

The Scottish Labour leader said his party could defy the polls to win next May’s Scottish Parliament election.

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2 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is Reform's plan to strip migrants of 'settled status' racist, as Keir Starmer claims?

The Prime Minister launched a scathing attack on Nigel Farage's party claiming they do not believe in a 'tolerant and diverse' Britain.

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