The best canvassing story of any election, ever – no, really
Is this a first? On the doorstep today a lady told me about some friends of hers who are so keen on me as a councillor that for Christmas… … Read the full post »
Read about the 2015 general election which resulted in Conservative Party leader and incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron heading up a single-party majority government.
The outcome was a widespread surprise, and following it both Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats) and Ed Miliband (Labour) resigned as leader of their party.
Is this a first? On the doorstep today a lady told me about some friends of hers who are so keen on me as a councillor that for Christmas… … Read the full post »
Craig Mackinlay, the Conservative MP who was cleared while a senior Conservative official was convicted over election expenses, has some very critical things to say about the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
A Conservative MP has been cleared but a senior Conservative campaign staffer convicted of breaking the law over election expense limits. … Read the full post »
A look at “Does Campaigning on Social Media Make a Difference? Evidence from candidate use of Twitter during the 2015 and 2017 UK Elections” by Jonathan Bright, Scott A Hale, Bharath Ganesh, Andrew Bulovsky, Helen Margetts and Phil Howard. … Read the full post »
Jason Zadrozny was set to be the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate in Ashfield before being arrested on charges of child sex abuse. … Read the full post »
Steve Parker, Planning Director of M&C Saatchi, gives his perspective on the differences between the 2015 and 2017 Conservative Party general election campaigns and suggests reasons as to why they lost their majority. … Read the full post »
The CPS has given the go ahead to prosecute both Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay and two others, his agent and a Conservative Party official, over election expense allegations. … Read the full post »
There’s a huge swathe of stories political scientists could – and should – be researching, but instead miss out on because the profession huddles so closely around a relatively small island of knowledge. … Read the full post »
The Conservatives are well ahead in the polls. The opinion polls which, moreover, have a pretty good record at getting the winner of the general election right. But… … Read the full post »
It looks like the 2017 general election will see the largest ever number of candidates who were under active investigation for criminality at the time of their nomination. … Read the full post »