Labour and Tories would ‘both leave NHS worse off than under austerity’
Analysis by leading experts the Nuffield Trust reveals that main parties’ manifestos would squeeze health spending
March 2024
Tory party to lose almost 1,000 years of Commons experience when MPs quit
Sixty-six MPs who already plan to stand down at election have 987 years between them, analysis shows
January 2024
Adopting rightwing policies ‘does not help centre-left win votes’
Study of European electoral data suggests social democratic parties alienate supporters by moving towards the political centre
Parliament after next general election will be most diverse ever, analysis shows
Record number of female and ethnic minority MPs expected to sit in Commons according to study of candidate selections
‘Stakes are really high’: misinformation researcher changes tack for 2024 US election
Kate Starbird says attacks have made research difficult, and claims of bias arise because of prevalence of lies from the right
December 2023
Economics viewpoint
Tories have plenty of weak spots – and dislike years that end in four
Larry Elliott
Labour will be going on the attack, mindful of having come to power in 1924, 1964 and 1974
November 2023
The Tories have tumbled down the hard-right road
Letters: The sooner we get rid of this government the better, says Dave Pollard. Plus letters from Paul McGilchrist and Alan Gray
The fight for democracy
Groups increasingly use defamation law to ward off US election subversion
Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow’s Mike Lindell are among election deniers sued for defamatory statements regarding 2020 election
Labour is edging towards a hollow election victory – sowing the seeds for future disaster
Andy Beckett
Tracking right and backing a divisive war, Keir Starmer’s party resembles the Labour of 2005, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
October 2023
Other lives
Brian Lightowler obituary
Notes and queries
Readers reply: which electoral system is the fairest?
Notes and queries
Which electoral system is the fairest?
Starmer warns Labour: ‘Don’t get giddy over prospect of election victory’
September 2023
Electoral advice the Lib Dems should heed
Letters: Kate Macintosh advocates negotiating on proportional representation, while Stephen Dorril suggests they could lead the way on rejoining the EU and Alex Gallagher warns that people have not forgotten the years of austerity
Michael Steed obituary
Liberal party activist and psephologist who provided statistics for David Butler’s general election guides
The Tories have warped an already crooked electoral system, pushing millions of voters off the roll
Polly Toynbee
British people have become disillusioned with democracy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
July 2023
British political giving is increasingly dominated by the rich – it’s a system ripe for abuse
Peter Geoghegan
The next UK general election will be the most expensive ever, says Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy for Sale
May 2023
Loyalty has long been the Tories’ secret weapon. Without it, Sunak stands no chance
Simon Jenkins
As rebel rightwingers jockeyed for position this week, they tore up any remaining hopes of a Conservative election victory, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
April 2023
Why the odds are stacked against Jeremy Corbyn, the outsider
If the former Labour leader runs against the party he has served for a lifetime, the electoral history of defecting MPs is not in his favour
January 2023
Rishi Sunak hits the north to try to woo public – but only the invited
Whistle-stop tour seems similar to John Major’s soapbox 1992 campaign, only in sanitised settings with no chance of a hostile reaction
