Michael Crick
Labour’s by-election – but all three main parties are in despair
Labour has won the South Yorkshire crime commissioner by-election – but all three main parties are gloomy about their general election prospects.
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FactCheck: confused about immigration? Read this
Do immigrants pay their way, or are they a drain on the economy? FactCheck looks at the latest evidence.
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Paul Mason
The economic state of mind driving people towards Ukip
Great Yarmouth, flooded with holidaymakers in the half-term sun, is mainly white working class and increasingly Ukip. This is one of the UK Independence Party’s target seats.
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Gary Gibbon
Tories to rush arrest warrant vote for fear of worse
The government’s decided to bring forward the planned date for the vote on when it tries to re-join European Arrest Warrant.
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Ukip targets PCC victory in South Yorkshire
After the child abuse scandal in Rotherham forced former South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner Shaun Wright to resign, Ukip believes it can pull off a shock win in the Labour stronghold.
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Michael Crick
Our whole relationship with Europe is now at stake
I hate journalistic hype and exaggeration but could the EU’s sudden demand for Britain to pay an extra £1.7bn be a possible turning point in our political history?
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FactCheck: the truth about immigration
Immigration will be a key battleground in the run-up to the election. How much do you really know?
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Michael Crick
Judges could overturn a Tory victory in Rochester, lawyers say
Two of Britain’s top election lawyers say the primary the Tories are holding to pick their candidate for the Rochester by-election could open the result to a legal challenge.
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The Mogg – a ‘pale ale Nigel Farage’ – in Germany
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg visits Oktoberfest “to see whether drinking beer fuels Euroscepticism”. A German in national dress says he looks weird in his tweed jacket. Will there be a meeting of minds?
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FactCheck: can Cameron put the brakes on immigration?
There are rumblings of a big announcement from David Cameron on EU immigration. But he may have little room for manoeuvre.
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Tories ‘not bovvered’ by Ukip in Rochester
Michael Gove channels Catherine Tate to deny the Tories are running scared in their latest battle against Ukip.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron sets high stakes for the Rochester by-election
In deciding to use an open primary to select the Tory Rochester by-election candidate, the Conservative leader has helped to set the stakes extraordinarily high.
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Gary Gibbon
Farage invited to TV debate
Deep down, the Tories worry Nigel Farage would sweep up support as he did in the Clegg/Farage debates in the European election.
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Farage invited to join other party leaders in TV debate
Ukip leader Nigel Farage could appear alongside David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg in a pre-election TV debate. Will he be able to sway young voters?
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Ukip marches on – but could it really have 128 MPs?
Analysis of a new poll predicts Ukip could win up to 128 seats at the next general election in 2015. Here’s how – and how seriously to take the results.
