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Google will no longer allow voters to be targeted by advertisers based on their political affiliation, the company has announced. Election audience advertisements will now be limited to the general categories of age, gender and general location, the PA reports. The tech giant said that the changes would be implemented in order to improve voter […]

The deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has drawn criticism after suggesting they could work with the Tories to secure a People’s Vote. Political editor @nicholaswatt says there has been a 'clear pivot' in the Lib Dems' general election campaign today as they downgrade their ambitions.They are 'suggesting they could vote for Boris Johnson's deal" […]

A Brexiteer who is standing against leading Remainer Anna Soubry in the general election has been banned from campaigning in her constituency after being found guilty of harassment. Amy Beth Dalla Mura gestures as she leaves Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire. – Credit: PA Amy Dalla Mura, 56, targeted Soubry between January and […]

MICHAEL WHITE on signs that might offer more optimism than most polls allow Well, how do we think ITV’s election debate went? Did Boris Johnson avoid a career-ending gaffe? Did Jeremy Corbyn make a breakthrough with wavering voters? You must be joking. The laughter from the Salford audience which periodically punctuated the pair’s more outrageous […]

Michael Gove has denied that he has ‘form’ for telling mistruths in politics as he was questioned about claims made he and colleagues made during the EU referendum and Tory election campaigns. In an interview in which he was challenged on numerous untrue and misleading claims, he also said that the government was “absolutely right” […]

Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s your guide… The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme tonight comes from Bolton, hometown of former Crackerjack presenter Stu Francis – but which of the panel could crush a grape once punishing WTO tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit make […]

Boris Johnson’s claims that his plans for the National Insurance threshold will leave low-paid workers £500 a year better off have been picked apart in front of a hapless minister. While campaigning, the prime minister announced that he would lift the NI contribution threshold from £8,628 to £9,500 in a move he claimed would immediately […]

A Brexit Party campaigner has been ejected from a Manchester supermarket because he was ‘forcing’ leaflets onto shoppers, says Morrisons. Footage circlated widely on social media shows a man with a stack of leaflets being pushed out of the Denton branch by a security guard and being told to “f*** off”. The man, who claimed […]

Nearly double the number of young people are registering to vote in the upcoming election compared to 2017. Since the election was called 737,775 18-24 year-olds have registered to vote, compared to 368,965 in the equivalent period in 2017. It is a 100% increase in the number who have signed up to cast their ballot […]

The NHS has overtaken Brexit as the top issue that voters have on their minds in the general election, a poll has found. In what is considered to be a boost for Labour, 60% of UK adults said that the NHS is now very important in helping them decide who to vote for, compared to […]

A candidate for the Brexit Party has apologised for horrific comments made about Jewish people, Muslims and women after old posts resurfaced. In one post, Marc Stanton, who is standing in West Lancashire, said: “I sure as hell am antisemitic.” The Total Citizen exposed a number of Stanton’s racist and seriously offensive social media posts […]

A planned Museum of Brexit has been delayed due to ‘rogue MPs and anarcho-legal activists’, one of its founders has claimed. A group of evangelical Brexiteers announced in April 2018 plans for a museum putting rosettes, pamphlets and other ephemera from the 45-year Leave movement on display. Plans for a permanent tribute to the “struggle […]

A UKIP candidate has suggested that illegal immigrants are coming into the country on paragliders and plans to set up beach observation points to stop them. Former soldier David Moreland told the Eastern Daily Press that he believed immigrants are also being dropped off by boat at offshore wind farms and then continue the crossing […]

Jeremy Corbyn’s position on a second, confirmatory Brexit referendum may have ‘inadvertently’ come out in an interview with Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 5 Live. ?"You've just enlightened us I believe"?"Maybe inadvertently"Labour candidate Lloyd Russell-Moyle is asked by @EmmaBarnett how Jeremy Corbyn would vote in a confirmatory Brexit referendumRead more https://t.co/zURG75Ipb9 pic.twitter.com/g9TcBZcHW8— BBC Radio 5 […]

A Tory candidate who claimed British Jews had been ‘brainwashed’ has been suspended by the party – but will still appear on the ballot paper on December 12th. Amjad Bashir, who is standing for election in the Leeds North East constituency, was forced to apologise for the remarks he made in the European parliament when […]

A professor of European Law has pulled apart one of Boris Johnson’s key Brexit claims, which he calls ‘one of the biggest con tricks of the lot’ in a twenty minute video of hard analysis. Professor Michael Dougan, who lectures at the University of Liverpool, put out a video which suggests leaving the European on […]

A ‘small but vocal’ group of protesters in Teesside chanted ‘no more cuts’ following one of Boris Johnson’s campaign speeches. One of the dozen protesters outside a factory being visited by the prime minister brandished a sign saying “stop lying Boris” as the group chanted. They stood around a hundred yards from where Johnson is […]

The Liberal Democrats have put stopping Brexit at the heart of their manifesto as the party try to maximise their credentials as the party of Remain. The party’s manifesto holds out the prospect of a £50 billion “Remain bonus” to be spent on public services and tackling inequalities if they succeed in keeping Britain in […]

Just a few days on from hitting out at the Boris Johnson’s associate Jennifer Arcuri, Lorraine Kelly has delivered another rant about the ‘outrageous’ ITV leaders’ debate on Tuesday. Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Kelly said: “Shame on them [MPs not coming on TV], and good for you. That is terrible that they’re not coming […]

More than six million people watched the first live leaders’ debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on ITV. The pair’s appearance drew an average audience of 6.7 million viewers when it aired between 8pm and 9pm on Tuesday, according to overnight ratings. The programme peaked at 7.3 million, ITV said. According to one report, […]

Nigel Farage was left complaining some Question Time audience members had ‘an agenda’ after they pulled apart his ‘man of the people’ persona. Farage’s 34th appearance on the programme, part of a general election series of shows, did not go as smooth as he hoped when a young lady in the audience demolished his claims […]

The Conservative Party’s chair has faced criticism from the public and media for the party’s decision to rebrand their Twitter as a fact checking service. Speaking on BBC Newsnight, Emily Maitlis told the party’s chairman James Cleverly that the decision was “dystopian” and went against the prime minister’s claims about integrity. She said: “The Conservative […]

Jo Swinson has been criticised for saying without hesitation that she would be willing to use nuclear weapons as prime minister. Appearing on ITV’s Election Interview after the main debate, Swinson was asked if she would ever be prepared to use a nuclear weapon. Swinson did not hesitate to respond “yes”, with the interview praising […]

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued an appeal to voters and politicians to ‘honour the gift of truth’ during the general election campaign. The Most Rev Justin Welby and Dr John Sentamu said everyone had a duty to “speak accurately and challenge falsehoods” when engaging in political debate. In a joint pastoral letter […]

Nigel Farage has been told he should be ‘ashamed’ for his ‘breaking point’ poster more than three years after the EU referendum as he was told he had been dishonest with the public. Nigel Farage launching a new UKIP EU referendum poster campaign. Photograph: Phil Toscano/PA. – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Appearing on an election […]

The actor Ralf Little says he has been unable to access his Twitter account after he changed it to spoof the Conservative Party’s own attempts to pass itself off as a fact-checking service. A message from @RalfLittle: Just been logged out of my twitter account without explanation. Assume I've been suspended. Which is fine. But […]

Noel Gallagher – who told the British public to ‘get f*cking over it’ when it comes to Brexit – has revealed that he applied for an Irish passport ‘immediately’ after the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. The Oasis frontman has previously claimed it was undemocratic to stop Brexit, having previously told Remain […]

The Conservative Party and Vote Leave have accepted far more donations from supporters of climate science denial than any other campaign, research has found. Over £5 million in donations from supporters of a prominent climate science campaign group has gone to Conservative MPs or the party HQ. Supporters of the same group, the Global Warming […]

Nigel Farage has said he has only ran for parliament once seriously – despite appearing on the ballot paper for Westminster seven times. The Brexit Party leader was responding to claims he was an “undemocratic leader” running the most undemocratic party in the UK and “refusing to run in a constituency” himself. He refuted the […]

Jeremy Corbyn has claimed the monarchy ‘needs a bit of improvement’ as the televised election debate moved on to the subject of the royal family and Prince Andrew. https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/1196894380201635840 ITV’s Julie Etchingham quizzed the two prime ministerial hopefuls in light of questions over Andrew’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who took his own […]

YouGov figures report the public is split nearly 50/50 in deciding who won the first TV election debate. It suggests the public is about as divided as they were three years ago when the UK voted to leave the EU, with 51% of respondents to a poll by YouGov saying that Boris Johnson performed best […]

The Tories have faced criticism after rebranding their Twitter as a fact-checking organistation during the ITV leaders’ debate. The Conservative Campaign Headquarters press office account was renamed factcheckUK during Tuesday evenings ITV debate. Photograph: Twitter/PA. – Credit: PA One of the UK’s most respected fact-checking organisation Full Fact has criticised the Conservatives for changing their […]