Join Peter Jukes Hardeep Matharu Josiah Mortimer and myself NOW for Byline Times election special live, where we will be discussing this week's latest campaign madness youtube.com/watch?v=9aPWqn…

Friday with Byline Times is back for the Election Campaign

Join me Hardeep Matharu Adam Bienkov and Josiah Mortimer at 4pm to talk about the first full week of the campaigns - purges, resignations, Tunbridge Wells - lots to discuss
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Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Jonathan Gullis took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when the company axed hundreds of jobs in his constituency just two weeks later.

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Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Jonathan Gullis took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when the company axed hundreds of jobs in his constituency just two weeks later.

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I’m sick of Farage getting to set the agenda and scuttle away from the consequences.

The media don’t know what to do with Reform & leaders from both main parties are too weak to stand up to him, so we’re left with a debate on his terms.

My article for Byline Times 👇👇👇

This is excellent by Zoe Gardner on the easy ride being given to Nigel Farage and Reform during this campaign and the big immigration questions they still can't answer
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BREAKING: Iain Dale tells LBC he has now abandoned his bid to become the Conservative candidate for Tunbridge Wells, after this clip of him telling listeners he 'never liked the place’ and ‘would happily live somewhere else’ was revealed
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BREAKING: Iain Dale tells LBC he has now abandoned his bid to become the Conservative candidate for Tunbridge Wells, after this clip of him telling listeners he 'never liked the place’ and ‘would happily live somewhere else’ was revealed
bylinetimes.com/2024/05/29/iai…

Did he... forget to tell us?

Worth reading this from Conleth about our focus group in Swindon last night. Some signs that Labour’s treatment of Diane Abbott is damaging Starmer’s standing not just with the left but swing voters too. People worried what it said about him “if that’s how he treats his own”

As Donald Trump is found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records for hush money payments, a reminder of what our two most recent Prime Ministers have been saying about him

As Donald Trump is found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records for hush money payments, a reminder of what our two most recent Prime Ministers have been saying about him

Interesting Popbitch item

Man says his mum died alone, while Rishi Sunak was breaking Covid rules in Downing Street.

'How can anyone trust you or the party after things like this?'

Sunak says he only got fined because he 'turned up early' while 'working on things to help you and your business'

Man says his mum died alone, while Rishi Sunak was breaking Covid rules in Downing Street.

'How can anyone trust you or the party after things like this?'

Sunak says he only got fined because he 'turned up early' while 'working on things to help you and your business'

So this time Rishi Sunak's hi-viz audience has been positioned with their backs to the cameras.

No chance that their expressions (or identities) can be picked up.

BREAKING: Angela Rayner calls for Diane Abbott to be allowed to stand for the Labour party

“I don’t see any reason why Diane Abbott can’t stand as a Labour MP going forward… I am saying that as the deputy leader'

Tells ITV Labour briefings against Abbott were 'disgraceful'

Amazing how many people still refuse/fail to understand this.

Has any party leader ever enjoyed a general election campaign as much as Ed Davey appears to be enjoying this one?

Ladies and gentlemen, Iain Dale: the Tories would-be candidate for Tunbridge Wells.

Less than a week in and I'm already running out of facepalm. bylinetimes.com/2024/05/29/iai…