Tag: UK election

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Not only must Australia's leaders manage competing ideologies in their parties and span diverging nations, they must also respond to a volatile electorate that is decidedly “anti-politics”.

"There's a stark gap between what businesses want and expect from our post-Brexit immigration system and what the government has pledged to deliver," says analyst.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party make unexpected gains across the country, while Conservative prime minister Theresa May hangs on to Number 10 by a thread after a night of surprises and a few red faces in dear old Blighty.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The volatility in recent voting behaviour means that this election is still more unpredictable than in the good old days of stable allegiances, values and attitudes.

The impromptu election was expected to be a simple win for Theresa May and the Conservatives, but nothing has gone to plan. The effect on the pound could be substantive, with volatility correlating to recent polling results and sensational international politics.

Australian born leader of Green Party has resiliently refused to stand down in the wake of the UK elections.

2015 saw a surge in support for Nigel Farage and the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). But with the Tories claiming a majority victory at last week’s election and UKIP only one elected MP, this support has not resulted in the coalition chaos that the media so fervently predicted. So ...

Tories returned to power, perhaps with a majority, while Labour and Lib-Dems routed in stunning UK election result. SNP’s Salmond says Tories will have “no legitimacy whatsoever in Scotland”.

Our favourite Twitter hashtag to come out of the Uk General Elections is not #GE15, it's #dogsatpollingstations.

WATCH: Some hilarious parallels between the UK elections and Game of Thrones.

John Cleese breaks down UK politics and the election for Bloomberg Politics who appear to be a little clueless…

In debate about the upcoming election, the UK’s role in the European Union is being questioned, especially by the likes of UKIP. But would Britain really look away from its Continental neighbours and back towards its Commonwealth family?