European elections Articles

Last week changed the face of politics as we know it, both in my constituency and nationally. The fact that the United Kingdom Independence party took seats in both elections was not unexpected, but the extent to which they did so sent a collective shiver down the...

If the local election results were disappointing for Labour – outside London, that is – the European election results surely leave little doubt about the worrying national picture overall. For a start, our percentage lead over the Tories shrank from a measly two per...

Like lots of Progress members, I am standing for election this week. I am proud of the work my and other London Labour councils have done in the most difficult of times. The government has frontloaded the cuts of local authorities in the hope that hard-working Labour...

The weight of expectations in this month’s European parliament elections is heaviest on Ukip, writes Lewis Baston The 2014 European parliament elections have been among the most eagerly anticipated sets of European elections to take place in Britain – if one can use...