Lord Ashcroft: Capital Punishment? The Conservatives and the 2018 London elections

Key voters include those who voted heavily to remain in the EU, and were decisive in the lost Tory seats of Battersea, Kensington, Kingston and Twickenham.

Lord Ashcroft: “There are more rainy days than sunny days.” My New Year focus groups.

People did not feel committed to their current party. The next election was, they hoped, a long way away, by which time much could have changed.

Matthew Offord: Enough sychophants. Enough time-servers. Enough of this CCHQ farce. Why I am standing for the Party Board.

Many of us were denied access to VoteSource, literature and printing resources – and we all had to wait for ever for CCHQ to ‘approve’ any and every statement printed.

Battlegrounds Revisited 5) London

Both parties hammered the Lib Dems as a clutch of very slender victories gave Labour their point of light on election night.

Lord Ashcroft: My final round of marginals polling

The last ten surveys contain mixed news for all parties and some noteworthy results.

The Election Battleground 5) London

Our fifth battleground summary explores the capital, where Labour and the Conservatives square off whilst trying to squeeze out the Liberal Democrats.