South Jesmond (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 36.4% (+15.2) 🔶 LDM: 33.0% (+7.3) 🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-25.3) ➡️ RFM: 10.9% (New) 🌳 CON: 2.8% (-5.7) No SDP (-2.4) as previous. ...

Three principal authority council by-elections this week, including Reform UK's first successful defence of a seat.

See the latest national voting intention polls for the next UK general election, along with MRP projections party leadership ratings.

A blog about politics, technology and history from a Liberal perspective.

Rob Ford dives into the paradox of long-term liberalising trends in Britain yet plenty of wins for the Conservatives and populist right.

Here is a curio. Michael Ramage was elected in May as a councillor in County Durham as one of the Reform UK candidates. In other words, he is not a member of the official Reform group on the council ...

Liberal Democrat party leader Ed Davey tells the BBC that defence spending should increase to 2.5% of GDP.

A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.

Another Tuesday by-election this week following last week and it was one with a fabulous Liberal Democrat result.

Political scientist Paula Surridge explains why Boris Johnson won in 2019. The reasons are not all good news for the Conservatives ...