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Even after election wipeout, the Conservatives are too blinded by ideology to see their voters don’t want a Reform merger, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Former President Trump was shot in the ear after he took to the stage at the campaign event in Pennsylvania

As the Conservatives lick their wounds, a new generation of activists fear an extended period in the political wilderness

It was more a Tory collapse than a Labour triumph, but I'll take that

MANY people, when describing what they love about their job, explain that “every day is different”.

One of the defining features of contemporary electoral politics in Britain is the age divide. Young people are far more likely to support Labour, and older people to support the Conservatives. This divide is still apparent following the 2024 election – but it hides the complexity of how young people…

The 2024 UK election campaign was dominated by discussion of the polls, from start to finish. This was partially because of the sheer volume of polls being published. We had more MRP (multi-level regression post-stratification) polls than ever before, many giving quite different pictures of the size of Labour’s lead.

We can now feel free to get on with our lives without worrying what the halfwits in Westminster might do next

Without a timetable for the leadership race, the current uneasy truce might hold for a while, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s political editor