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The rise of the undecided voter

The rise of the undecided voter

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17.03.2026 10

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5. Are the Greens taking Reform votes?

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07.03.2026 10

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5. How can Labour win again?

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28.02.2026 10

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The Greens now have a very, very high ceiling

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27.02.2026 10

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5. Gorton and Denton prediction: parties just hundreds of votes apart

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25.02.2026 10

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Can the royal family survive?

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1. Does Jim Ratcliffe speak for England?

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13.02.2026 250

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4. Voters can’t stand Rayner or Streeting either

12.02.2026 10

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Can the Greens win Gorton and Denton?

02.02.2026 10

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If not Burnham, who could defeat Starmer?

26.01.2026 20

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Andy Burnham could win Andrew Gwynne’s seat

23.01.2026 10

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5. Tracked: The Tories who have defected to Reform

16.01.2026 10

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4. Your Party’s future lies with Muslim voters

08.01.2026 20

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It’s official: Labour is now in third place

06.01.2026 30

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Britain is blind on immigration statistics

22.12.2025 9

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The Green threat is growing

02.12.2025 20

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3. Labour understands the public on immigration

22.11.2025 10

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Zohran Mamdani and the fight for the soul of Democratic Party

03.11.2025 5

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3. Britain is levelling down

31.10.2025 10

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3. Caerphilly is Labour’s broken stronghold

24.10.2025 6

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5. More people are voting in local by-elections. This only helps Reform

14.10.2025 7

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Crying racism only hurts Labour

30.09.2025 10

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Young people’s favourite politicians? Farage, Burnham and Trump

29.09.2025 10

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Reform is not going anywhere

26.09.2025 8

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Exclusive polling: How Burnham beats Reform

26.09.2025 20

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3. Reform has gone too far on immigration

25.09.2025 10

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Your Party’s loss is Zack Polanski’s gain

22.09.2025 7

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The Lib Dems eye 100-plus seats

20.09.2025 10

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If not Starmer, then who?

20.09.2025 10

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Who will be Labour’s next Deputy Leader?

09.09.2025 10

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Has Nigel Farage finally seduced young voters?

01.09.2025 20

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Would embracing Rejoin save Labour?

21.08.2025 10

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Nigel Farage’s Trump-Vance delusion

15.08.2025 10

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Reform still has a woman problem

12.08.2025 10

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2. Support for Palestine in Britain is not limited to Muslim voters

05.08.2025 10

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Even Labour voters don’t trust Labour on the economy

25.07.2025 9

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Even centrists want to vote for Reform

15.07.2025 10

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Labour will lose to the resident doctors

12.07.2025 10

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4. The welfare bill that pleased no one

07.07.2025 10

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Britain wants no part in Israel’s war

23.06.2025 30

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Non-voters are Nigel Farage’s secret weapon

10.06.2025 20

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Labour’s unlikely strategy for beating Farage

10.06.2025 20

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4. Who will win the Hamilton by-election?

06.06.2025 10

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Labour has put the EU back on the agenda. Will the party regret it?

22.05.2025 10

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2. Reform’s locals victory was no fluke

07.05.2025 10

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4. Has Labour bungled welfare reform?

06.05.2025 10

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5. Will it be Reform’s night?

02.05.2025 10

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2. Live Results: 2025 English local elections

01.05.2025 20

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Labour has nothing to be happy about in Runcorn and Helsby

28.04.2025 10

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Reform’s make-or-break elections

16.04.2025 10

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