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We can all get together to help save General Election night

By Jonathan Isaby

By Jonathan Isaby / @isaby It was only on Monday - along with Labour MP Tom Harris and Mark Pack of Lib Dem Voice - that I co-founded the Save General Election Night campaign, in response to reports that increasing numbers of Returning…

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Save General Election night

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Earlier in the week, Anthony Painter wrote about why General Election night must also be General Election results night. Since then, the campaign to save election night has gained steam across the party…

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PM to be empty chaired in TV debate?

By Anthony Painter

by Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter Escalating his campaign for a leaders' election debate, Adam Boulton threatened to empty chair Gordon Brown should he not agree to participate on BBC Radio 4 earlier. David Cameron and Nick Clegg have…

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PM to be empty chaired in TV debate?

By Anthony Painter

by Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter Escalating his campaign for a leaders' election debate, Adam Boulton threatened to empty chair Gordon Brown should he not agree to participate on BBC Radio 4 earlier. David Cameron and Nick Clegg have…

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Why a TV debate could invigorate our politics

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I've just signed Sky News' petition calling for a televised debate between the leaders of the major political parties ahead of the next general election. When I was in the States, the presidential election was…

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How will the internet affect the general election?

By Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Last night, I had a discussion with Iain Dale about how the internet will affect the next general election, for the Westminster Hour programme on Radio 4. We spoke about Kerry McCarthy's new role, lessons from…

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Everything to play for

By Julian Ware-Lane

By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane This table shows the General Election outcomes since universal suffrage (click to enlarge). Those held before 1950 were fought in extraordinary circumstances and no valid parallels can be drawn with today…

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New poll results show Labour cut the gap by 8 points

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList A new poll out today has the following topline numbers for the three major parties at a general election: Conservatives 36% (-5) Labour 24% (+3) Liberal Democrats 19% (+4) Mike Smithson if Political Betting has said the new…

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European election results

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Last night, LabourList was breaking the European election results as they were announced in the different councils across the country, and feeding them to the mainstream media. The results can be seen below: 2:10am **FULL…

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