No one can guess who will win the closest General Election in a generation, so Tanya Gold consulted some psychics to find out.

For the third general election in a row, the run-up is seeing numerous meetings and articles asking whether this election will be the first internet general election. However, much – in fact, nearly all – of the discussion falls into two traps which are common across political journalism in the UK. First, an undue focus on

From Builders United General Secretary Election 2009 Election Special: Who will be the next General Secretary of UCATT ? Did you know that there is an election taking place for a new General Secretary? It may be that the election is kept quiet so that the failures of the current leadership will not be discussed or there maybe

Election forecasting, that is the using data such as party standings, leader ratings and economic indicators to predict the result of the next general election, is still in its infancy. The combination of general elections only every four years or so with the relatively recent innovation of regular detailed polling figures means that there has

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron urged Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call a general election in the wake of Labour's disastrous by-election defeat in Scotland today.

Looking at the European election results in Wales as a survey of voting intentions in a general election, the results see Labour losing 14 seats and the Lib Dems losing 3 seats while the Tories gain 13 additional seats and Plaid gains 4 additional seats. The Tories haven't won a general election in Wales since 1865, 144 years ago. Obviously there are differences in how people vote in a general ele...

Unless Brown calls a snap election in the next month or so, we’ll have a General Election by June of next year whether we like it or not. Personally, I couldn’t care less. Like the famous South Park episode, this election will offer the tempting choice between a giant douche and a turd sandwich. Now I know

With the general election looking to be heading towards a hung Parliament according to the latest prediction we’ve published from a group of academics, how are things looking for the Liberal Democrats? We’ve published three previews of the election: My view: Follow the yellow brick road? The Liberal Democrats’ general election campaign My other view: The 2010 general

CONSERVATIVES 41% (-1) LABOUR 36% (+3) LIB DEMS 14% (-1) Labour back to General Election level of support The first of tonight’s new national opinion polls is just out and has Labour narrowing even further the gap with the Tories. The five point margin, if repeated at a general election, puts a general election well within hung parliaments territory.

As the countdown to the general election begins in earnest, political satirists have gone into overdrive producing spoof pledges, pictures and news reports about the leading parties.