Hugh’s sorry now? The moment Hugh Grant saw exit poll announcing a huge Tory majority after he spent weeks backing anti-Boris Johnson campaign The arch-Remainer has been canvassing with Labour and Lib Dem candidates The Love Actually star looked down-trodden as he gloomily stared at the result Grant was part of a celebrity-fuelled campaign drive by … Read more
Boris Johnson is on track to secure a staggering landslide in the election battle tonight as Labour’s ‘red wall’ of Brexit-backing strongholds implodes. The hotly-awaited exit poll shows voters handing the Tories a massive 368 seats, with Labour languishing on 191 – down 71 on 2017 and the worst performance in modern history. The SNP … Read more
Jo Swinson hints she WOULD go into coalition with Labour if Jeremy Corbyn wasn’t leader as she repeats vow not to put him or Boris Johnson in to No10 Jo Swinson will not back Mr Corbyn because of Brexit and Labour anti-Semitism But she dropped a strong hint that she could support Labour under a … Read more
The final YouGov constituency-by-constituency poll published on Tuesday showed a dramatic fall in the projected Conservative majority, from 68 to 28 seats. It suggests the election is much closer than was thought. Part of the reason is tactical voting, with Lib Dems switching to Labour. But tactical voting is a game we can all play. … Read more
What is a woman? If you say it in a French accent it sounds a bit like the start of one of those silly perfume ads one sees too much of this time of year. Expect Nicole Kidman or Emilia Fox to waft past in a gold bikini, flanked by leopards, or similar. But it’s … Read more
Jo Swinson has ended the election campaign less popular with the voters than Jeremy Corbyn – despite starting the campaign better liked. A poll by Ipsos Mori found the Liberal Democrat leader, aged 39, has a net favourability rating of minus 31. That compares to the Labour leader’s minus 30 rating. Both trail Boris Johnson, … Read more
Jo Swinson has admitted she smoked a ‘fair bit of cannabis’ as a student, saying it was ‘not just one’ and she ‘did inhale’. The Liberal Democrat leader said her cannabis use was the ‘naughtiest’ thing she had ever done, a question which has proved difficult for political leaders to answer. She also came under … Read more
Hugh Grant has again changed his political allegiance as he took to the campaign trail with the Lib Dems after flip-flopping between them and the Labour Party over the past week. The Love Actually star, 59, joined candidate Monica Harding to canvass in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, this afternoon. It comes days after Grant surprised voters in London‘s … Read more
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson cranked up her attacks on Boris Johnson last night by taking a below-the-belt shot at him for ‘not being much of a family man’. And to underscore her verbal attacks, she further tried to knock her Conservative rival off his perch by pelting an unflattering puppet of the Prime Minister with … Read more
The private jet-owning founder of the Superdry fashion label has donated £100,00 to the Green Party ahead of the general election, new figures revealed today. Remainer Julian Dunkerton, 54, was revealed as having poured his cash into pro-EU parties as the Tories put the squeeze on Labour with a surge in huge donations. The Cheltenham-based … Read more
Hugh Grant was confronted by protesters against Labour anti-Semitism as he campaigned for the party in north-east London. The Love Actually star was repeatedly challenged in Chingford & Woodford Green over how he could support Jeremy Corbyn’s party when it faces condemnation from the Jewish community. Grant recently accused the Labour leadership of not doing … Read more
Hugh Grant was seen on the campaign trail with Labour today, just days after going out canvassing for the Liberal Democrats – only to then accuse them of lying on social media. The Love Actually star was met by cheering crowds as he joined Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen in the Chingford and Woodford Green constituency, … Read more
Jo Swinson is putting off voters because of her ‘hectoring and whingeing’, former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik says Former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik said Jo Swinson lacked the ’emotional gravitas’ He said Lib Dems would have done better to have chosen MP Layla Moran Swinson replaced gravitas with ‘whingeing’ and ‘hectoring’, says Mr Opik … Read more