Craig Mackinlay, the South Thanet Conservative MP who defeated former UKIP leader Nigel Farage in the 2015 general election, pleaded ‘not guilty’ to fraud charges related to election expenses.
An MEP and UKIP leadership candidate has slammed the party’s 2015 general election manifesto, promising abandon the central ground, “privatise” the BBC and take a “radical” new direction.
Police have been instructed by Britain’s Electoral Commission to prepare for the prosecution of dozens of Conservative Party candidates and officials. The party is currently facing claims it breached election spending rules in a series of key constituencies at last
The Green Party has been flushed out of power in Brighton and Hove, losing more than half its seats on the south coast council. Labour now have the largest group on the council with 23 seats, but are five short
David Cameron has won the 2015 general election and HM The Queen has invited him to form a majority administration. At 10pm on Thursday night the exit poll was the first indication the Conservatives had done a lot better than
Tory election guru, Lynton Crosby, was reportedly playing Land of Hope And Glory whilst waving a Union Flag at campaign HQ as it looked increasingly likely David Cameron had won the 2015 general election. The night started with an exit
Welcome to the Breitbart London general election 2015 live blog. We’re expecting a fascinating night as both major parties went into today tied. UKIP are hoping for a result that comes somewhere near the party’s record-high poll numbers and the
Britain’s active participation in an upcoming EU summit is at risk if Thursday’s election fails to yield a decisive result, reports The Times . If no party wins the election outright or alternatively wins the ability quickly to secure the
We’re now just hours away from the opening of polling stations. With the polls still showing Labour and the Conservatives neck and neck as they race towards the finish line, many have turned to the political betting markets as a better
There are issues that really matter at this election. But, thanks to collusion between the political parties, aided and abetted by the corporatist media (and BBC) designed to keep the toiling workers uninformed, we’ll never get to hear about them.
TAMWORTH, United Kingdom – David Cameron and Ed Miliband hit marginal constituencies today as the polls still show the parties are about to tie in Thursday’s general election. Both parties are attempting to break the deadlock by reinforcing their core
LANCASTER, United Kingdom – The Conservatives and Labour are still tied as the election enters its final 48 hours, forcing party leaders to redouble their efforts to break the deadlock. The latest YouGov survey for The Sun put the Conservatives
BOLTON, United Kingdom – Splits in the Conservative Party over how to deal with UKIP were once again exposed today as senior figures gave contradictory messages on the party’s position. While the Bow Group told members to vote for Nigel
The Conservative Party’s oldest think tank, the Bow Group, has endorsed UKIP in seats the Tories cannot win. The Bow Group’s chairman, Ben Harris-Quinney, made the announcement in an email to the group’s 10,000 members on Monday. Mr Harris-Quinney admitted
Rossendale, UNITED KINGDOM – The post-mortem on Ed Miliband’s leadership has already started as both the Guardian and Labour Uncut run articles attacking him. The two left-wing news outlets are close to Labour HQ and officially back the party, but this
Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM – David Cameron has angrily denied claims from the Liberal Democrats that he has admitted he will not secure a majority at the election. The Lib Dem peer Lord (Paul) Scriven took to Twitter earlier today saying
Who are you going to vote for on Thursday? For me, it’s a real toughie. My local Conservative candidate Chris Heaton Harris is both a personal friend and exactly the kind of principled and sound candidate I’d like to see
Wolverhampton, UNITED KINGDOM – The Asian candidate in Wolverhampton South West is leading a change in the “relationship” between the immigrant communities and the Conservative Party according to Nick Boles. The Skills Minister told a rally at a DIY store
Wolverhampton, UNITED KINGDOM – A Conservative candidate has recorded a rap song in an effort to engage young people in Thursday’s election. Cllr Zahid Shah described himself as a rival to Russell Brand, but with the advantage of being able to talk
Britain is at risk of having no government on Friday as Nick Clegg warned he may be unwilling to do a post election deal with the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrat leader told The Independent he would not do a deal at
The French people have given the thumbs down to Francois Hollande’s plan to re-stand as President in 2017. Eighty percent of the public said they did not want the socialist politician to continue despite his ambitions to stay in Élysée
Amber Valley, DERBYSHIRE – Conservatives are hoping to snatch a win in Thursday’s general election by warning thousands of voters in key marginal about the risk of Labour doing a deal with the SNP. Their final push comes as yet
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has accused Ed Miliband of being “a man in denial” over his claims that he would never go into coalition with the nationalist party. Sturgeon made the comment to Sky News after Miliband said he would
The leaders of the three major parties were in Leeds to face a grilling from the BBC Question Time audience in their final set piece appearance of the general election. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were led out
Three party leaders will face a live studio audience in Leeds tonight, from 8pm to 9:30pm. Each leader will be asked questions separately, in order they are: Ed Miliband, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. This blog will be live 7:30pm,
Today’s poll by Lord Ashcroft has once again put the Conservatives ahead of UKIP in South Thanet. Nigel Farage is now two points behind Tory candidate Craig Mackinlay and if that margin holds he will fail in his bid for
Australia might not be meeting its international refugee obligations but it is best placed to kick start international reform, a new research paper says. The Lowy Institute analysis argues Australia should take the lead on proposing changes to how the
An IPSOS Mori poll for STV has suggested the Scottish National Party could win every single seat in the country next month. Nicola Sturgeon’s party has been riding high ever since it lost the independence referendum. When Scotland rejected independence
Tonight the youth leaders of seven political parties will battle it out in a bid to persuade young Channel4 viewers to back them in the election. The programme was recorded earlier today and Breitbart London was invited to take a
UKIP claimed today their Westminster seats in next week’s General Election could be in “double figures”, saying the party was now “the opposition across the country.” Speaking at the launch of the party’s fisheries manifesto in Great Grimsby, deputy leader
Grant Shapps cancelled a meeting last night at 45 minutes notice claiming he needed to go to a school parents’ evening. The Conservative Party chairman was due to make his first public appearance since he was accused of editing his
Labour is pouring manpower into the seat of Battersea, South London, after Conservative activists abandoned the re-standing MP because she pushed through plain packaging for cigarettes. Jane Ellison used her role as Minister for Public Health to pass legislation to
The Labour and Conservative candidates in Thanet South have united to demand that UKIP not be allowed to break their “great love”. The two parties wheeled out their candidates, to hold a leaflet smearing UKIP, and to repeat an unsubstantiated
UKIP could be in line for a £5m taxpayer-funded windfall following the general election. The ‘Short Money’ is paid by the House of Commons to every opposition party to compensate them for not having departmental staff to call on in
A Labour candidate who pledged to end private involvement in the NHS, was the driving force behind an £11m a year health privatisation. Dr Mark Hayes, who is running in Selby & Ainsty, brought in private providers in his role
With Labour’s fortunes improving, odds on Ed Miliband being Prime Minister as Hillary Clinton is sworn in as the next US President on 20th January 2017 are 3/1. A Labour minority government after the General Election is favourite at 17/10,
UKIP has been forced to deny persistent rumours Nigel Farage is suffering from burnout. The latest claims come from Dan Hodges in the Daily Telegraph, the Labour blogger said Farage “is fading away without a fight” and that his “magic
Labour’s much vaunted ‘ground war’ is set to pay off in London as the party will gain at least six seats at the general election according to Sporting Index. Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting since 2005, has led Labour’s London
The Conservatives have built a second fully functional party headquarters in the West Midlands, according to party insiders. The multi-million pound facility was set-up in case the party’s official base ‘Conservative Campaign Headquarters’ (CCHQ) in Westminster is disabled during the
One of the lesser talked about themes of this mad election is the unusually large number of big-name politicians who could feasibly lose their seats. A couple of ‘Portillo moments’ can be always be expected, but in three weeks’ time
