Is Ukip a threat to Labour in the north?
Is Labour facing an existential threat in Northern seats from Ukip that could eat at a heartland just as the SNP has in Scotland?
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As the Conservatives and SNP prepare for battle in a radically altered political landscape, we reveal the relentless precision of the social media campaigns that became vital to their success.
Is Labour facing an existential threat in Northern seats from Ukip that could eat at a heartland just as the SNP has in Scotland?
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On the ground in North Warwickshire with voters, I hear Labour’s messages were less targeted than the Tories’ and made no headway with Ukip deserters.
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In his first interview since being re-elected as Prime Minister, David Cameron tells Channel 4 News that he already contacted European leaders to get the EU renegotiation process underway.
Below the Forth railway bridge, in front of her 56 Westminster MPs, Nicola Queen of Scots pledges to fight austerity – and fails to mention “independence” or “referendum”.
The UK Independence Party’s only sitting MP has ruled himself out of the running to be the party’s next leader after the resignation of Nigel Farage.
The fear factor worked. Go to bed with Nigel and you wake up in a love triangle with Ed and Nicola was a prospect that cowed voters into the foetal position of continuity.