Five videos that show how much the Conservatives’ online campaign has improved
Rumours that CCHQ was saving cash to go big on digital advertising in the last week of the campaign appear to be true.
The next Welsh Secretary if the Conservatives win
The two most likely candidates are both Welsh-speaking Brexiteers – but hail from different parts of the principality and differ on devolution.
We placed our trust in Johnson. Whatever happens on Thursday, he has kept faith with us – and with Britain.
A Black, sorry, Red Swan may carry him off. But in less than six months he has rescued the Conservatives, and is on the brink of delivering the referendum mandate.
Our last pre-election Cabinet League Table. It’s a near-tie at the top: Javid, Gove, Johnson, in that order.
Whilst individual ministers rise and fall, overall the Government goes to the polls with a lot of goodwill from grassroots Conservatives.
Our survey. A record nine in ten Party members expect Johnson to return to Downing Street as Prime Minister.
P.S: “For frantic boast and foolish word – / Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!”
The BBC debate. Both men were given the chance to make an argument. Which is why Johnson won it.
At any rate, Corbyn’s supporters will find it hard to argue convincingly that their man did better. And if the polls are right, Labour needed victory more.
What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 5) Johnson has neither forgiven nor forgotten the Supreme Court
He will remember Lady Hale and her swipe over “girly swots”. More pertinently, he will have in mind the court’s constitutionally illterate decision over prorogation.
The campaign, week five. Johnson holds his ground – and aims to end next week where he began. With getting Brexit done.
Our nagging worry is: what about voters who may not want to get Brexit done, but are nonetheless apprehensive about Corbyn and John McDonnell’s tax plans?
Now is the time to emphasise the massive tax rises which Labour’s plans would inflict on the nation
Today’s pledge of a swift Tory National Insurance cut is welcome, but more importantly it sets the stage for an attack on Corbyn’s tax grab.
What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 4) It turns the screw against the BDS campaign
The move marks an intensification of the division of foreign policy along communalist lines – a regrettable development,
How the Conservatives won the election – and Gove became Prime Minister
He insists that he stands ready to quit in Johnson’s favour, now that the latter has won his by-election. But the moment never quite seems to arrive…
What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 3) A door left ajar on fracking.
Ministers could eventually argue that in their view science suggests that fracking can be be done safely.
Vox pub: In Remain-leaning London, Johnson’s cause endures, and Umunna has found no passport to Pimlico
One drinker stood up for Labour and called the Prime Minister a liar. But during several hours of talk, nobody sprang to Corbyn’s defence.
What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 2) Hunting. The end of the affair.
This series turns a spotlight on the Conservative Manifesto and returns to policy announcements that some will have missed.
How well is the Conservative campaign machine running this time round?
There are some signs of improvement, and some continued problems. Share your experience with us to inform our analysis.