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A suitable time to revive this cartoon (for a moment's quiet reflection)

Perhaps his lack of connections :)

But don't forget that others (or was it the party itself?) got fined. A key factor in the overall outcome was that crap-ness of electoral law that made it difficult to take meaningful action. In other words, had the law been clearer/better, there could have been more prosecutions.

Watch C4 News tonight and I imagine you will get chapter and verse (as it was their investigation that started it all).

You can imagine some of the Kippers that have shifted to the Tories being quite impressed by his potential prosecution. In a "go on my son" way.

Saw that the other day. Brilliant :)

As a random oddity I'm not sure what to make of this.

https://twitter.com/oldLentach/status/870317230143270912

A bit more info

http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/latest_news/cps-statement-election-expenses/

It looks like he is standing for South Thanet again in these elections. I would guess this news is unlikely to boost his chances! That could gift the seat to a Kipper.

Yes, many have added comments of that sort below the article (and the comments to the earlier article in which the FT backed the Tories were mostly critical).

Taking one for the team?

Craig Mackinlay (Con, South Thanet) has been charged with election
offences for the 2015 election campaign in the South Thanet
constituency.

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/870573291630710785

A good piece from Martin Wolf in the FT on the 'no deal' nonsense (paywall)

https://www.ft.com/content/83396e2a-45ef-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996

Yes. I think he tweeted it.

A great effort

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthouse_and_Pavement

http://time.com/4800796/the-trials-of-jared-kushner/

It's nice to imagine a future in which Trump, Kushner, Bannon, Stone, Farage, Banks, Assange, and all the other lot are doing porridge somewhere like Guantanemo.

Some entertaining poster wars

https://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/870171521544847360

Reminds me a bit of that graffiti thing (the battle between the graffiti artist and the council who try to paint over it)

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/three-minutes-of-nothing-herald-reporter-reflects-on-pm-encounter/story-30363961-detail/story.html

As noted on Twitter: "Not convinced this would pass the Turing test"

O M G what a graph

The Tactical 2017 site and the whole initiative more generally is a great piece of work. Thanks for all your hard work in putting it together.

Here's one:

From this New Statesman article (on 5th May), and evidently sourced from YouGov.

I think I might have also seen some analysis by LSE or people like that.

Edit: I have found the YouGov source.

Most of the analysis I have seen suggests the majority of UKIP votes are expected to go to the Conservatives, and that would make sense.

Agreed :)

You have to admire the brazen cheek of criticising "sound bites" followed by, er, a sound bite.

I'm not sure about the TV debate thing... Won't they all just gang up on Corbyn as the primary challenger?

Standing up to someone who is in the same room would surely be a better ploy for making yourself look like a tough leader, rather than criticising someone who is sat on the sofa at home (after having finished her girl's jobs around the house).

A slightly unexpected contribution from the Wellcome Collection

https://twitter.com/ExploreWellcome/status/869821762841833472