General election 2019

A bellwether seat? Labour candidate sees beating Boris Johnson as key to power
Danny Beales, who hopes to oust former PM, says Uxbridge and South Ruislip deserves ‘full-time MP’
Matthew Weaver
12, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

Could tactical voting save Britain from the Tories? | Letters
Letters: John Lynch and Declan O’Neill respond to an article on how tactical voting, as seen in the recent byelections, could reshape British politics. Plus a letter from David Smith
Letters
26, Jun, 2022 @4:42 PM

Manifesto review – Corbyn’s campaigners keep calm and carry on in Labour election film
Daniel Draper’s sombre film follows socialist Merseyside activists on the gruelling campaign trail in the 2019 general election
Peter Bradshaw
14, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM

Billionaire Tory backer turns against Johnson following sleaze and scandals
Phones4U boss John Caudwell says he may withdraw support for the party and the prime minister
Michael Savage
25, Dec, 2021 @3:00 PM

Nigel Farage’s Brexit party saved Labour seats in 2019 election, analysis finds
Experts say while party failed to win a seat they may have denied Boris Johnson a landslide by splitting vote
Heather Stewart
03, Nov, 2021 @7:00 AM

Tax hikes, empty shelves and fuel shortages – why do the Tories look so invincible? | Phil Burton-Cartledge
However badly Boris Johnson’s government performs, it will continue to benefit from older voters’ desire for certainty, says author and academic Phil Burton-Cartledge
Phil Burton-Cartledge
08, Oct, 2021 @10:30 AM

Labour didn’t lose its ‘red wall’ – it never had one | David Edgerton
The idea that working-class people voted Labour until Brexit came along is a fiction only the Conservatives benefit from, says modern history professor David Edgerton
David Edgerton
09, Jul, 2021 @9:00 AM

Should Labour go big on radical change? | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to former leader Ed Miliband’s thoughts on a future direction for the party
Letters
14, Jun, 2021 @4:26 PM

Labour needs a new agenda – not a return to Corbynism | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Owen Jones about Keir Starmer’s record so far
Letters
14, Apr, 2021 @4:06 PM

Four aides to PM suggested Tory-linked firm for Cabinet Office work
Staff including Dominic Cummings recommended hiring Public First for research on ‘levelling up’
David Conn
15, Mar, 2021 @1:02 PM

Tory party illegally collected data on ethnicity of 10m voters, MPs told
Information commissioner says data was voluntarily deleted amid concerns about ‘weak’ enforcement
Damien Gayle
26, Jan, 2021 @4:58 PM

Should Labour try to win back ‘red wall’ voters? | Letters
Letters: Steve Smart warns Labour against simply trying to win back its traditional supporters in the old heartlands, Roy Boffy says these voters will be lost for ever unless the party seriously reappraises its parlous position, and Ron Glatter thinks the ‘northern problem’ is in danger of being overstated. Plus Derrick Cameron on Corbyn as a leader and Starmer as a manager
Letters
16, Dec, 2020 @6:15 PM
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