Election

Theresa May is currently grappling with keeping her government together. She is running the first minority government since Harold Wilson’s short-lived 1974 administration. That government lasted a few months, now all the talk in Westminster is of another General Election, just as in the two elections of 1974. In the second, October 1974 election, Wilson […]

The pound fell sharply after an exit poll in Britain’s election forecast that the Conservatives would fall short of a majority in parliament, raising the prospect that the country might not have a clear winner or strong government as it starts its negotiations to leave the European Union. The pound lost more than 2 cents […]

On April 18, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May called for a snap election to be held on Thursday. The contest put all 650 seats in the House of Commons up for grabs three years ahead of schedule. May’s move came a surprise since she had, on at least seven previous occasions, vowed to do no […]

Jeremy Corbyn ended his election campaign with a raucous, foot-stomping, joy-filled rally at a Gothic-style church in Islington. Hundreds of supporters filled the church. Hundreds more stood outside, unable to get in but who, even though they could not hear him, stayed to the end anyway, surrounding Labour’s battle bus to cheer him as he […]

Britain goes to the polls tomorrow at the end of an election campaign like no other. In the space of a few weeks, a predicted Conservative landslide has given way to speculation about a reduced majority, a hung parliament or even a Labour victory. Two brutal terror attacks have claimed dozens of lives and maimed […]

Theresa May looks set to fall nine seats short of winning a majority at next week’s parliamentary election, a model from polling company YouGov has estimated, a smaller shortfall than the 16 seat gap shown a day earlier. YouGov’s prediction model showed the Conservatives winning 317 seats, Labour on 253 and other parties winning 80 seats […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May was grilled by voters in a live television programme on Friday, just six days before a surprise general election she called. After avoiding a TV debate with other leaders earlier this week, the Conservative prime minister joined her main opponent, Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, in taking questions in front of a […]

LABOUR’S election campaign is being boosted by web robots which pump out fake posts backing  Jeremy Corbyn, while slating  Theresa May and the Tories online. Bogus accounts are automatically generating thousands of messages a day across social media which trick voters into thinking real people are supporting Mr Corbyn.   They  are set up to […]

Former CIA Director John Brennan says he had “unresolved questions” about whether members of the Trump campaign who had contact with Russians were working “on their behalf, either wittingly or unwittingly.” Testifying before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday morning, Brennan said he knew of intelligence that revealed contacts between members of the Trump campaign and […]

Theresa May will claim Labour has “deserted” the “proud and patriotic working class people” as she takes her campaign to the north east of England. The Prime Minister will seek to reach out to any dissatisfied Labour voters promising to “earn the trust of all our people” if she wins the General Election on June […]