This week saw the three main UK-wide parties launch their manifestos, and the first votes being cast, as postal voters receive their ballot papers. It’s also seen a surprising turn around in the opinion polling, ...

With the Conservative manifesto launch taking place yesterday, we now have manifestos from all three main political parties. But how have they been received on social media? In a policy shift which pundits have taken to ...

It’s always the case with election campaigns that the parties’ plans will be disrupted by events outside of their control. This weekend, for example, the opposition parties have been using the cyber-attack which affected the ...

The overnight leaking of the Labour manifesto has created fresh divisions within the party and delighted aspects of the press, which are calling it the ‘second longest suicide note in history’ (after Michael Foot’s disastrous ...

Former political aides to Labour and Conservative ministers have been given jobs at Facebook in a bid to increase its impact as a political tool in the build up to the general election. This has ...

With only five weeks to go until the general election, strategists (and agencies) have been scrambling to put together campaigns that will have an impact in such a short space of time. Who are the ...

There once was a time when elections were all about manifestos. They provide an opportunity for political parties to bring together their brightest and best, and articulate why they are fit to govern. Sometimes it ...

George Osborne’s appointment as editor of the Evening Standard showed just how easy it is for the worlds of politics and the media to collide. That’s why we’ve integrated our media and political contacts on one ...

If you want to ensure your organisation influences the political agenda, a public affairs strategy will be crucial to your wider stakeholder engagement. And if you’re struggling to identify who to engage with and how, ...

The Daily Mail’s ‘legs-it’ front page has amassed over 300 complaints ‘’and counting’’, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has confirmed. The focus on Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon’s legs during a meeting to discuss ...

The decision by Channel 4’s home affairs correspondent Simon Israel to break the unverified news that Trevor Brooks, aka Abu Izzadeen, was the prime suspect in Wednesday’s terror attack, has raised questions over pressure on ...

A cross party group of MPs have written to the  BBC’s director general, Tony Hall, and the incoming chair of its new governing body, David Clementi, to warn that the broadcaster’s reputation for impartiality may ...

The Evening Standard has announced the appointment of George Osborne as editor. He’ll take up the role in May, succeeding current editor Sarah Sands who will replace Jamie Angus as editor of BBC Radio 4’s ...

Just three years ago, Scotland held its first independence referendum, securing a no vote with a massive 84.59% turnout. While the SNP was elected in the Scottish Parliament with a mandate to secure a second ...

As a blogger, how much thought have you given to Brexit? Even if you don’t make money from blogging, this is an issue you should probably start thinking about, especially as we get ever closer ...

Engaging with MPs is a vital part of any public affairs strategy, but it’s also one of the biggest challenges that public affairs professionals will face. Identifying who to approach is one thing, but getting ...

Philip Hammond’s first (and last) Spring Budget pulled few punches, with the main surprises coming in the form of tax increases for the self-employed and a notable absence of Brexit. The online press, social media ...

Donald Trump might loath the New York Times, often pouring scorn on the news brand by accusing them of peddling “fake news” or describing their apparently precarious business model as “failing” but are his assaults ...

The Electoral Commission has been urged to investigate Leave.EU, the Brexit campaign group set up by Nigel Farage and funded by Aaron Banks, after it failed to declare the role of a firm of ‘’psychographic’’ ...

Julian Assange’s Twitter account has sprung to life after lying dormant since 2012. While the only account he follows is WikiLeaks (which he is rumoured to run), his following has grown by tens of thousands ...