The Conservatives and Labour have been outlining their main pitch to voters. The Prime Minister Boris Johson in his first major speech of the campaign said a Conservative government would unite the country and “level up” the prospects for people with massive investment in health, better infrastructure, more police, and a green revolution. But he […]

I find election campaigns in which the Prime Minister addresses scrubbed, smug Tory audiences, filmed by the BBC in close shot to conceal the sparsity of their numbers, deeply disturbing. I find the speeches in factories to employees even more chilling. The sullen compliance of employees, too cowed to show discontent before their bosses, should […]

MPs have rejected Boris Johnson’s third attempt for an early general election on December 12 – but he told the Commons he would try again on Tuesday. The government failed to force the snap general election, as only 299 MPs voted in favour of the motion – short of the 434 MPs required under the […]