No, the deadline for withdrawal is the same as the deadline for nomination (View Post)

4pm yesterday. Anyhow I was all geared up for another thrilling local parish election, but in my patch the number of candidates nominated has equalled the number of places. So my years 32 to 35 as a … (View Post)

Regarding the lead, it can’t be as simple as a typo when writing the ward name on the form. Because to be a valid nomination, the signatures collected for the nomination have to be from registered vo… (View Post)

Streeting will want the job. It’s a promotion, and he’s the senior politician. Previous shadow first secretary. A route to the top. And gets him out of health before the **** hits the fan. (View Post)

More pointedly, the Tories’ pitch (and indeed self image) has always been of being the ‘natural’ party of government. Which in the UK means a majority party; indeed the majority party, except for tho… (View Post)