Everyone is assuming that the DUP would do a deal with the Tories after the election if the option arose. Everyone may be wrong.
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A group of 17 million voters is being ignored by the main parties. Why might that be?
Voters in the UK are again looking beyond the traditional two-party system and look set to put paid to a famous proposition of political science.
With smaller parties piling on the pressure, what is the magic number for Labour or the Conservatives?
The main parties are still a long way from getting full marks when it comes to tackling women’s financial disadvantages.
In a recent interview with Scottish Television’s Debi Edwards, the leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon spoke about the sexism she routinely encounters. Referring to the fact that her appearance is regularly…
When it comes to crime and justice, the Conservatives don’t convince.
Ruling out a Labour arrangement with the Scottish nationalists will matter little after the election.
The Conservatives are livid at Ed Miliband’s criticism of Cameron’s foreign policy record. Perhaps it cuts too deep.
While all election campaigns are different – and this one is more different than most – there’s usually an incident or two that gives the political obsessive a pleasant reminder of bygone days. So far…
Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have pledged to do as much as retain the current level of funding in their manifestos, despite their enthusiastic comments about science in the UK.
After winning Fermanagh and South Tyrone by four votes in 2010, Sinn Fein won’t let it go without a fight.
Both Labour and the Conservatives could do deals with smaller parties to survive in a minority government. Here’s how it works.
From Grant Shapps to the Cameronettes, the best and worst of the internet for the last week of #GE2015.
Labour leader didn’t bash Cameron as hard as predicted on Libya.
After losing the seat in 2010, Labour parachuted in a former advisor from Islington to reclaim Redcar and Cleveland – but the Greens may have played a surprise trump card.
The press doesn’t have as much sway with voters as it once did, but it still sets the boundaries of debate.
George Osborne’s favourite catchphrase has a long tradition.
Management and financial performance measures are only a small part of the story of how we maintain the NHS.
Conservative sport manifesto puts the elite ahead of the grassroots.
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