KES History and Politics Department

🚨 Westminster Voting Intention: ➡️ REF: 23% (-2) 🌹 LAB: 19% (+2) 🟢 GRN: 18% (-1) 🌳 CON: 17% (=) 🔶️ LDEM: 13% (-1) From @YouGov From 22nd - 23rd March Changes with 16th March

Constraints on PM power.... youtu.be/rMRzeaoG-vE?si…

Voting behaviour...two party system? This is excellent.... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

UVI- what we were talking about today... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

YouGov's first voting intention poll for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election shows clear leads for the SNP, with Reform UK now in second place Constituency vote SNP: 34% (-14 from 2021 election) Ref: 20% (New) Lab: 15% (-7) Con: 10% (-12) LD: 10% (+3) Grn: 9% (+8)

Pressure groups/"sectarian" voting... politicshome.com/news/article/m…

MPs and group activity- a terribly sad situation. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect. I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his Shadow Cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party. The British public are tired of political psychodrama and so am I. They saw too much of it in the last government, they’re seeing too much of it in THIS government. I will not repeat those mistakes.

PM authority- the relationship with MPs. Is a large majority always a reliable power resource for the PM? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

PM authority and the impact of backbenchers.....

There's one part of the country where some Labour sources believe the scale of the electoral threat in May is going underappreciated: London In the city's north-east, a "Green belt” is emerging at the expense of Keir Starmer's party, warned one Labour source, while Hackney and Islington — home to many Labour MPs — are also in Zack Polanski's sights Labour is threatened on other fronts, including Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats Report @noahvickers14 and @matilda__martin politicshome.com/news/article/l…

Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash theguardian.com/environment/20…

A really useful article- pressure groups, successful protest, back bench MPs, media campaigns and the liaison committee... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Watchdog hits out at potential local election delays bbc.in/49lqANO

Nigel Farage will not be investigated over claims Reform UK overspent on his campaign at the 2024 general election bbc.in/455C0Ts

Elections face further delays over councils shake-up bbc.in/4qmJGZT

BREAKING The electoral commission warns that delaying local elections for 9million+ people until 2027 risks undermining 'the legitimacy of local decision making and damaging public confidence' It says that the 'capacity constraints' caused by reform of local government are not a 'legitimate reason for delaying long planned elections' It says that scheduled elections should go ahead as planned Follows @MaxKendix on delays 'Voters must have a say on those that represent them at local government. We will work with the UK Government on these plans so that we can support voters, campaigners, parties and administrators who have been preparing for these elections'

Democracy? bbc.com/news/articles/…

Democracy? bbc.com/news/articles/…