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    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      UK general election
      The perils for Conservatives if they rely on Sunak to save them

      Polling shows the PM way ahead of his party, but recent history shows presidential-style campaigning has pitfalls

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Attacks on the wealthy authors of ‘Austerity 2.0’ could backfire

      The public have a more nuanced attitude than Labour might wish to Hunt and Sunak’s riches

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      The Conservatives have come back from oblivion before

      Tory leaders may fall out of public favour, but the party has a genius for survival

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      UK by-elections
      Lessons for Conservatives from the double by-election blow

      Scores of other seats could go the way of Tiverton and Honiton and fall to the Lib Dems; the message from Wakefield for Labour is less clear

    • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
      UK by-elections
      Johnson’s woes are multiplied if he cannot ‘unite the right’

      Lessons from the 2019 general election show the Conservatives are vulnerable as a midterm by-election looms

    • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      Identity politics are a risky strategy for both Labour and the Tories

      Keir Starmer may not be on track for a win in the next election, but the Conservatives should worry about transactional voters

    • Saturday, 11 April, 2020
      Brexit
      A Brexit extension would face serious opposition even during coronavirus

      Those who think such a decision is obvious need to avoid the repeated mistakes of Remainers

    • Saturday, 7 December, 2019
      UK general election
      Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are set to disappoint their supporters

      Both leaders would have to let down their grassroots if they make it to Downing Street

    • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
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      A warning to Tory rebels: running as an independent MP is harder than it looks

      David Gauke and Philip Hammond and others who lost the Conservative whip face a tough fight

    • Saturday, 25 May, 2019
      UK politics & policy
      Both the Conservatives and Labour are in thrall to member power

      The influence of the rank and file is felt particularly in leadership contests

    • Friday, 22 September, 2017
      Brexit
      The Tory temperament means a U-turn on Europe is always possible

      Conservative pragmatists and purists have long been locked in a struggle over the EU

    • Saturday, 12 August, 2017
      Brexit
      A new centrist pro-EU party can be a catalyst even if it flops

      Warnings from SDP veterans miss the point of nudging Labour’s Brexit position

    • Friday, 9 June, 2017
      Brexit
      The Conservatives have a leadership decision to make

      The party cannot go into another election with May at the helm

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
      UK politics & policy
      Search is on to reshape centre-left ground in UK politics

      Options include new centre party, Momentum-style campaign groups and local electoral alliances

    • Sunday, 3 January, 2016
      News in-depthUK constitutional-electoral reform
      Dream of multiparty politics fails to materialise

      No end in sight to first-past-the-post as Tory, Labour — and now SNP — keep stranglehold on Commons

    • Sunday, 27 December, 2015
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      London’s youth swells Labour ranks

      Number of full party members has doubled in half a year

    • Friday, 3 October, 2014
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      UK civil servants plan for hung parliament

      Whitehall eyes two general elections in quick succession

    • Friday, 4 April, 2014
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    • Wednesday, 5 May, 2010
      Westminster blogWorld
      Polls still point to hung parliament
    • Monday, 19 April, 2010
      Westminster blogWorld
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