Election Highlights | The General Election

Lib-Dem campaign bus blocked by anti-austerity protesters
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Locals in Haringey blocked the path of Jo Swinson's campaign bus in protest at cuts to services that were brought in by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition between 2010 - 2015. Awkward for a party that now see themselves as the main opposition to the Tories in some marginal seats for the general ele [...]
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Tom Watson To Resign as MP and Labour Deputy Leader
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Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader and the MP for West Bromwich East, has announced his decision to “stand down from national politics”. After 35 years of working in politics full-time, Watson will step down both as a Labour MP and as deputy leader at the upcoming election on December 12th. [...]
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The UK has a government!  Of sorts…
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MPs voted on Thursday to pass the Queen's Speech And a number of amendments tabled by opposition MPs were all defeated.  So Theresa May's Queen's Speech passes as MPs defeat all amendments, though a concession was made to the right of women in Northern Ireland to have abortions on the NHS, if they [...]
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Corbyn and May face another tough grilling
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Question Time: Corbyn and May face another tough grilling Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and Tory leader Theresa May had a tough interrogation from the BBC's Question Time audience members in an election special. It might not have been the head-to-head many people wanted - which Mr Corbyn said was a " [...]
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Boris loses it
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BORIS Johnson flipped out yet again during a TV interview following Friday's Question Time debate as a BBC reporter was forced to intervene and hold him back Boris Johnson flipped out at Labour Politician Ian Lavery on live TV following the party leader's Question Time on Friday. Mr Johnson said t [...]
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Theresa May Stuns Viewers in Defence Of Snap Election
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Theresa May answered fierce criticism of her decision to call a snap General Election on Friday by declaring: “I had the balls to call an election”. The Prime Minister issued the unusually brash statement while answering fiery questions, including one from a clearly angered member of the BB [...]
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Conservative candidate Craig Mackinlay charged over election expenses
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The Tory candidate for South Thanet is among three charged after an investigation into overspending in the 2015 election campaign The Conservative candidate for South Thanet, a member of his staff and a Tory election organiser have been charged over allegations of illegal election spending during [...]
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Lib Dem estate agent election stunt backfires
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A Liberal Democrat election stunt has backfired after the party upset a near century-old business. As part of their campaign against Conservative social care plans - dubbed a "dementia tax" by opponents - the Liberal Democrats created a spoof "May & Co" estate agents. But the party's bid to [...]
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