General Election 2005


1997 Labour Manifesto One paragraph is titled: Zero tolerance of underperformance!!!!
Brown to get greater role for election - 10/03/05
Blair prepares to name poll date - 23/03/05
Election campaign starts tomorrow but swing to Tories will not oust Blair - 04/04/05
Howard makes gains as the 'phoney war' ends - 05/04/05
Blair sets 5 May as election date - 05/04/05
Election at-a-glance - 05/04/05
They are off.and it's personal - 06/04/05
Brown 'could stay as chancellor' - 06/04/05
Election at-a-glance - 06/04/05
Blair refuses to rule out tax increase - 07/04/05
Brown pressed over tax promises - 07/04/05
Party Policies At-A-Glance
Tracking the key election issues - 07/03/05
Election at-a-glance - 07/04/05
Blair betrays the Crown as well as the country - 10/04/05
This will be a close election. It will also be an unfair one - 10/04/05
Postal voting 'is still wide open to fraud' - 10/04/05
Immigration heads election battle - 10/04/05
Government 'too slow' over Rover - 10/04/05
Election at-a-glance - 10/04/05
Tories launch election manifesto - 11/04/05
Howard's eleven word manifesto - 11/04/05
Real concerns within the NHS - 11/04/05
Election at-a-glance - 11/04/05
Another taxing day for Labour - 13/04/05 Labour attempts to "demolish" Tory plans to cut tax and reduce spending suffered a setback last night when authoritative independent economists concluded that the proposals were affordable
UK jobless total on the up again - 13/04/05 Unemployment has risen for the fourth month in a row
Election at-a-glance - 13/04/05
Blair makes manifesto tax pledge - 13/04/05
Tories win election ratings bid - 13/04/05
Ricin case sparks asylum concerns - 14/04/05
Blair's policy let killer in, say Tories - 14/04/05
IMF raises the spectre of more Labour tax rises - 14/04/05
A manifesto composed by control freaks - 14/04/05
Who is Labour's man, Blair or Brown? - 14/04/05
Election at-a-glance - 14/04/05
Labour and Tories same - Branson - 15/04/05
Election 2005: Cliche Watch - 16/04/05
UK inflation rate jumps to 1.9% - 19/04/05
How Prescott put £1bn on council tax - 21/04/05 in order to avoid an embarrassing strike before the election
What every household should know about Blair - 21/04/05
Jessica, 20, tells Blair how she lost faith in him - 21/04/05
Election at-a-glance - 21/04/05
Election fact check: Illegal immigration - 22/04/05
Election at-a-glance - 22/04/05
Howard makes 'Blair lies' claim - 23/04/05
Rivals put Iraq pressure on Blair - 24/04/05
Tory anger over BBC heckler show - 24/04/05
Howard gambles on personal attack - 24/04/05 For the second day running he has accused the prime minister of being a liar
Tory fury as BBC sends hecklers to bait Howard - 24/04/05
Tory anger over BBC heckler show - 24/04/05
Apologise now - 24/04/05 The BBC claims that "the hecklers were not under the direction of the BBC" - but they were
NHS debts soar to over £1bn - 24/04/05
Majority believes that Blair has failed over crime - 24/04/05 Most voters believe that Tony Blair has broken the promise for which he was best known before he took office - to be "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"
Labour's immigration policy? Lots more of it - 24/04/05
10 Labour 'lies' 24/04/05
Blair's evasions will catch up with him - 25/04/05
Did Blair lie over WMD? - 25/04/05 Don't expect a straight "yes" from the BBC!
Election at-a-glance - 25/04/05
Veteran former Labour MP defects - 25/04/05
Brown claims Thatcher's legacy - 26/04/05 the attempt to venerate Lady Thatcher as the precursor of New Labour is the boldest attempt yet to steal Conservative clothes
Apres Blair? - 26/04/05
Roof protest at Prescott's home - 26/04/05
Defection: Bad news for Labour? - 26/04/05 After brushing aside the defection, Mr Blair almost boasted that he had never pretended to be a leftie
Blair 'prepared to lie' to win power again, claims Howard - 27/04/05
Kelly insists she is right even when statistics say she is wrong - 27/04/05
The oracle at Delphi was more informative than Tony Blair - 27/04/05 this is the most boastful government we have ever had
Election fight gets more personal - 27/04/05
Early Iraq legal opinion leaked - 27/04/05 The attorney general cast doubt on the legality of the war against Iraq
Full text: Attorney general's advice - 27/04/05
Iraq question won't go away - 27/04/05
Blair faces Iraq legal pressure - 28/04/05
Question Time: a summary - 28/04/05
Blair haunted by spectre of Iraq - 29/04/05
The voters may forgive him: his party never will - 29/04/05
Tony Blair doesn't trust us - and the feeling is entirely mutual - 29/04/05
No wonder Brown looks in the pink - 29/04/05
Blair promises action on GP row - 29/04/05
We set too many targets, admits Blair - 30/04/05
It is no surprise that the voters have switched off - 30/04/05
Brown: I would give MPs last word on war - 30/04/05
Cool and confident, a relaxed Chancellor is enjoying the adulation of Labour's 'true believers' - 30/04/05
Minister is booed by school heads - 01/05/05
The vision thing - 02/05/05 This is the disaffection election
Kennedy pulls rug on voting pact with Labour - 03/05/05
How the US sees the election - just - 03/05/05
Blair faces Iraq families' anger - 03/05/05
Parties stress 'poll differences' - 03/05/05
Election at-a-glance - 03/05/05
Blair dogged by Iraq while grieving families demand public inquiry into legality of war - 04/05/05
Blair hints at error over cannabis downgrade - 04/05/05
In pictures: Election night - 05/05/05
Turnout set to beat 2001 figure - 06/05/05
Election night at-a-glance - 06/05/05
Labour loses out in key Scots marginals - 06/05/05
Young one's victory over Labour - 06/05/05
Labour loses safest seat in Wales - 06/05/05
List of Tory gains and losses - 06/05/05
Galloway's East End street fight - 06/05/05
Shock win for Galloway in London - 06/05/05
Muted victory for Blair - 06/05/05
Blair: I've listened and learned - 06/05/05
New postal vote safeguards urged - 06/05/05
Postal voting fraud is widespread, Straw told - 06/05/05
Labour facing new political landscape - 06/05/05
Labour acknowledge 'Iraq factor' - 06/05/05
Labour MPs call on Blair to quit - 08/05/05
Scots MPs want Blair's early exit - 08/05/05
An early exit for Blair? - 08/05/05
Election 2005: Most memorable moments - 09/05/05
Tony Blair's ministers - 10/05/05
Election result raises PR demands - 11/05/05 In England, the Tories won 35.7% of the votes compared with the 35.4% won by Labour