General Election 2015: Ed Miliband stands down as Labour leader after disastrous defeat by Cameron’s Conservative majority May 8, 2015 Ed Miliband has stepped down as leader of the Labour party after a crushing defeat by David Cameron who will be returned to Number 10 on what is an unexpected Conservative majority. "I take absolute and total responsibility for today's defeat," Miliband said, revealing he had earlier called Cameron to congratulate him on the win. [...]
General Election 2015: Nigel Farage resigns as Ukip leader after failing to win South Thanet with result recount May 8, 2015 Nigel Farage has quit as leader of Ukip after failing to win a seat in Westminster, losing to the Conservatives in South Thanet. Craig Mackinlay won the day with 18,837 votes, putting the Ukip leader in second place on 16,026 – a safe 5.7 per cent majority. The eurosceptic politician had promised to resign within [...]
General Election 2015 results: Which MPs are out? Ed Balls, Danny Alexander and Jim Murphy all lose seats as Nigel Farage fails to win in Thanet South May 8, 2015 The General Election has dramatically shifted Britain's political landscape, as the Lib Dems endured a bloodbath, while they and Labour suffered as the SNP swept to victory across Scotland. Some of the biggest political names in Westminster were ousted by rival candidates including Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls in Morley and Outwood. Ukip leader Nigel Farage failed [...]
General Election 2015 results: Senior source says Labour blames David Cameron for Scottish National Party’s surge May 7, 2015 Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP) is surging in Scotland. A senior source in the Labour party blamed David Cameron for the SNP rise, telling Morning Wire he had “manufactured an anti-Scottish grievance that clearly won over votes at the close of the campaign, and boosted the SNP.” The SNP have so far [...]
General Election 2015 results: David Cameron on his way back to Downing St May 7, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron was on track to keep the keys to Downing Street according to an exit poll that sent shockwaves through the country late last night. The poll conducted by NOP/MORI for the major broadcasters (BBC, ITV and Sky) put Cameron’s Conservative party just shy of a majority on 316 seats, with the Labour [...]
General Election: Nigel Farage’s South Thanet rival Al Murray says he deserves to win May 7, 2015 One of Nigel Farage's most high-profile rivals in the race for South Thanet, but perhaps not one of the most serious contenders for the hardly fought seat has said he deserves to win. LATEST: Farage quits as Ukip leader after failing to become MP Al Murray, pub landlord comedian and now wannabe MP for Fukp (that's [...]
General Election 2015 results: Only David Cameron can lead Britain now – Editor’s Letter May 7, 2015 Back in 1992, when the Conservatives denied the polls to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, the May number one hit was Please Don’t Go. If the astonishing exit poll is right, Britain has echoed its sentiment again, calling on Cameron to stay in Number 10. But in truth, David Cameron was always the [...]
Varoufakis eyes deal as official says Greece could resort to IOUs May 7, 2015 GREECE’S firebrand finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was yesterday adamant that the country would reach a deal with its creditors, while a European Central Bank (ECB) official warned that Greece could begin using a parallel currency. “I trust an agreement will be in the offing in the next few days, or weeks,” Varoufakis said yesterday, speaking [...]
David Cameron and Nigel Farage’s Wikipedia pages hacked to tell voters to “vote Labour” May 7, 2015 A picture of Miliband appeared, along with the words "Vote Labour" The Wikipedia pages of David Cameron, Nigel Farage and Caroline Lucas were hacked this afternoon, to show a picture of Ed Miliband with the legend "Vote Labour". As UK voters used social media to tell the world how they were voting, hackers broke into [...]
Hackney voting issues: Diane Abbott slams Hackney voter registration chaos “a disgrace” May 7, 2015 Hackney MP Diane Abbott has slammed the local council's handling of polling in the borough as hundreds of voters turning out to cast their ballot in the General Election have been told they are not registered to vote. Abbott, who is defending her seat in Hackney North and Stoke Newington, called the situation a disgrace. [...]