“The gap between a hung Parliament and a landslide is very, very small.” Kanagasooriam on the election’s closing stages.
We reproduce a further Twitter thread from the man who helped to advise Ruth Davidson on how to win in Scotland.
Election Battlegrounds 11) Scotland
There are so many marginal seats here that a small shift either way could dramatically change the race – but at present, the SNP look on track for a good night.
Annunziata Rees-Mogg and three other leading Brexit Party MEPs say ‘Vote Conservative to get Brexit done’
They are unimpeachably dedicated Brexiteers, who have stuck their necks out time and again for their beliefs. Any wavering Leave voters should heed their message.
Election Battlegrounds 10) Wales
Where the Tories have rallied in Scotland, Labour appear to have done so here. There is a broad range of possible Conservative targets, but only a few anticipated gains.
Election Battlegrounds 9) London
All three parties have a middling band of targets – what leaps out is how so many Cameron-era gains now seem out of the Tories’ reach.
Lord Ashcroft: My perspective on the US and UK elections
And how we reached what seems like an unusually grim and shambolic time in national life.
Election Battlegrounds 8) Yorkshire and the Humber
This region contains a sizeable clutch of those crucial ‘Labour Leave’ seats through which the Prime Minister is trying to pave his path to an overall majority.
Sajid Javid: “The direct cost of Corbyn is confirmed: £1.2 trillion of extra spending over the next five years.”
And, the Chancellor notes in his Bolton speech, that excludes 59 Labour policies “which don’t have enough detail for us to cost fairly”.
The Conservative Manifesto 2019. Link to full text.
“For the last three and a half years, this country has felt trapped, like a lion in a cage”. There’s a real touch of the Prime Minister in the drafting.
Teachers, nurses, an ocean conservationist, the Chancellor – meet the manifesto’s Tory candidates.
Its photos are used to project an image of the Conservatives as the party of the people.
Election Battlegrounds 7) South East
The Tories are targeting Labour-held seats and the Liberal Democrats Tory-held ones, whilst Labour’s possible gains are probably out of reach.
Election Battlegrounds 6) The South West
The Tories and Liberal Democrats face off over a relatively small field of competitive seats, whilst an Independent seeks an upset in East Devon.
Election Battlegrounds 5) The North East
This region contains a string of those ‘Labour Leave’ seats which are central to the Tory strategy – but will the Brexit Party trip them up?
Meet the candidates hoping to form the 2019 Conservative Parliamentary intake
The most up to date list of those standing in Tory-held seats and in targets.
Election Battlegrounds 4) East of England
Onwards to Anglia, where the Liberal Democrats and Tories will be fighting hard over a small clutch of possible gains.