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Gary Gibbon
I am at the last venue for Theresa May’s campaign, just outside Birmingham. Half a dozen cabinet ministers just turned up to act as part of the backdrop for her last on camera address to voters.
I spoke to one senior Tory who’s been inside the CCHQ operation and struggled to think of more than a tiny handful of Tory MPs who he thinks are seriously worried about the prospect of losing their seats. Compare that with the bold list of target seats the Tories are still hoping to take off…
The Conservative candidate Craig Mackinlay says he will carry on his campaign in South Thanet, despite being charged with “corrupt practices” over his 2015 election expenses. Mr Mackinlay described the decision to prosecute as “shocking”, while Theresa May said she believed the allegations were unfounded. Mr Mackinlay is accused of falsely declaring expenses in the…
Craig Mackinlay, Nathan Gray, and Marion Little have been charged with offences under the Representation of the People Act 1983.
The Guardian newspaper is reporting that the former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been named a ‘person of interest’ in the FBI’s investigation into Donald Trump and Russia. There’s been no confirmation from the FBI. He’s said he’s extremely doubtful that could be the case. I spoke with him a moment ago
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has changed his mind and is now taking part in tonight’s televised debate. The Prime Minister won’t be turning up, saying she’s taking questions “up and round the country” instead.
Paul Nuttall seems to suggest that wearing the face veil is the reason for 58 per cent of Muslim women being economically inactive. That doesn’t make sense.
The think-tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, has said both the Conservatives and the Labour Party aren’t being honest about the economic consequences of their manifesto proposals. It didn’t look at the manifestos of the Lib Dems, Ukip and other parties. The IFS warned that the Tories’ pledges to boost NHS spending may well be…
Now to a seat which hasn’t voted Conservative in its 125 year history, but where the Tories think they’re now in with a chance, thanks to the kind of shifting party loyalties and tactical voting we’re seeing across the country. Bishops Auckland has been solid Labour since the First World War, apart from one brief…
Karen King, a Lib Dem councillor; Lynn Pallister, a Labour councillor; Glenn Preedy, who’s chair of UKIP North East; and Steve Turner, a Conservative councillor.
Macron’s French presidency win has been hailed as a victory against the “populist revolution”. FactCheck takes a closer look.
The Conservatives will be cheering tonight after picking up hundreds of council seats and two tightly fought directly elected mayors, while Labour are on course for their worse performance for more than 30 years. For Ukip it’s been an even bigger disaster, losing all 146 of the council seats they were defending, and gaining one.
The local elections in England have actually gone a lot worse for Labour than Rallings and Thrasher predicted.
Gary Gibbon
Scottish Tories are reporting that they could be on a bit of a surge.
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall says the veil should be banned, partly because of the ‘age of heightened terror’. But none of the surrounding evidence or expert opinion points towards it posing any significant security concerns.