Oscar-winning American director Joseph Strick made his mark on British politics with a film for the BBC on the 1966 election, The Hecklers.

The Greens lost two seats they were defending in this week's council by-elections, in Sheffield and in Leicestershire.

Liberal Democrat councillor Amjid Ali has become leader of Luton Council, replacing the previous Labour leader.

There were four principal authority council by-elections this week and, after the halt to Reform net gains in the last few ...

Mark and Cory talk about a giant of American political drama for the first time with The West Wing's Let Bartlet Be Bartlet ...

Patrick Stillman, a Lib Dem councillor, has been selected as the party's candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election ...

We need to worry about controls on how parties spend money, not just about controls on where they get money from.

Although hitting a record high unfavourable rating is what catches the eye in the latest YouGov Nigel Farage tracker, note the trends too.

* indicates a figure with slightly different fieldwork dates from the rest of the row. Wording used – BMG: satisfied/dissatisfied, Deltapoll: well/badly, Find Out Now: well/badly, Freshwater: ...

Given how popular (and lengthy!) my list of Reform councillor departures after the May 2025 elections turned out to be, here is a new list, this time for councillors on principal authorities elected ...

Each row shows the net gains or losses for that party, broken down by where those gains/losses have come from. Each cell shows the net gains/losses, followed by in brackets the total number of gains ...

The latest edition of my email newsletter about work in Parliament, A Lord’s Eye View, is out and you can also read it in full below. But if you’d like to get future editions emailed direct to you as ...