General Election 2019: Labour take early seat count lead as Tories land Blyth Valley blow
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Central are the first constituency to declare at the 2019 General Election.
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Central are the first constituency to declare at the 2019 General Election.
The Conservatives are predicted to be the largest party according to the exit polls, with Boris Johnson’s party looking at a majority of 86 and a total of 368 seats if the poll is correct, the worst performance by a Labour party in modern times.
An exit poll conducted by MM in Manchester Withington suggests a reduction in Labour’s majority in the constituency in favour of the Tories and Liberal Democrats.
As the final opinion polls are released, all the debates complete and with less than an hour until the polls open, the 2019 general election campaign is at an end.
In an election campaign that has seen one Conservative member climb onto bins and jump over a fence to escape humiliation at a climate change hustings in East Sussex, MM took a look back at some other unforgettable moments from politicians as the nation heads to the polls today…
Our guide is packed with news, interviews with candidates and features looking at the issues that matter most… including Brexit
James Frith is hoping to be re-elected as Labour MP for Bury North this general election yet the constituency remains a marginal seat, with Labour and Conservative both ranking at 43% in voting intention estimates.
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn go head to head in the last debate before next Thursday’s General Election, Catriona Graffius and Elizabeth Rushton follow the action.
With this general election campaign focusing on many things like Brexit, misleading information, the future of the NHS and even blocks of ice, but sadly omitting much talk of the UK’s role in international intervention, MM spoke to David Wearing, a leading researcher and writer on foreign policy and the Middle East.
Seventy years of NATO were celebrated this week in London, where only fractured relationships were on show.
Politics has turned nasty. Not on the streets, it has been that way for a while, but towards the media. Where it used to be brutal behind the scenes, now it is all out in the open.
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