Labour could potentially surge into power with a landslide victory of over 400 seats in the upcoming general election, as per the latest YouGov mega poll.
The survey, conducted among 18,000 individuals, foresees Sir Keir Starmer's party securing a parliamentary majority of 154, with an estimated gain of 403 seats...
Political commentators who misread Jeremy Corbyn and the general election have been eating varying amounts of humble pie this week. Here is a round-up of some pre-election columns and subsequent mea culpas. Polly Toynbee, The Guardian – 19 April 2017 ( on Corbyn accepting Theresa May’s plan for an early...
With the general election less than a month away, are you ready to cast your vote?
Elections for Members of Parliament for the five UK Parliamentary constituencies covering the Dorset Council area are taking place on Thursday 4 July 2024.
The candidates nominated will be published on our website by 5pm on Friday 7...
Can we put up just two Westminster candidates, one each for West and South Dorset, at the next general election? Unity candidates, with the other political parties standing aside or even actively canvassing for them, could just unseat the two Tory MPs that infest our constituencies at the moment.
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The backdrop to this government action is this:
The UK has low levels of proven electoral fraud.
There remains no evidence of large-scale electoral fraud in 2021.
There remains no evidence of large-scale electoral fraud in 2019.
In 2018, there was no evidence of large-scale electoral fraud.
Of the 266 cases that were investigated...
Following the recent local elections in Dorset, which resulted in the Liberal Democrats winning control of Dorset Council, some key roles were agreed at the Annual Meeting of Dorset Council on Thursday 16 May.
Councillors were asked to vote on appointments to roles including Leader of the council, Chair and...
21st November 2023 We represent a range of organisations and individuals working on audit and accountability, local government and local democracy. We are deeply concerned about the current situation in local government audit. In October, a cross-party group of MPs and Peers wrote to the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, asking him not...
1) Representative Democracy is not really democracy A system whereby small numbers of people, in our case MPs, govern many millions of others, is not democratic. The extent of our self-government is a mere cross in a box every four or five years. Sometimes as many people do not...
We can spend months detailing why the Tories are incompetent, malicious secretions from a rapid dog's rectum and then find that they have saved us the bother. Douglas James
The Dorset Enterprises factory has been providing supported employment for people with disabilities in the Borough since 1914, making garden furniture for a number of prestigious clients. Bournemouth Borough Council are set to close the factory in a matter of weeks putting 22 people out of work, most of...
