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Would you trust this woman with your security? Seriously? - Election briefing #32

The chickens are truly coming home to roost for Theresa May as she approaches the final hurdle, writes Lindsey German
Theresa May doesn't seem to have any answers, and her scapegoating of Corbyn isn't working - election briefing #31

The tories are flapping: they have underestimated Corbyn and the class he represents, observes Lindsey German
Trump, May and Farage: the roll of shame - Election briefing #30

As campaigning enters its final stretch, right wing reaction is plumbing new depths, writes Lindsey German
This wasn't supposed to happen - Election briefing #29

The mainstream media's "facts" about this election are rapidly revealing themselves to be self-serving prejudices, notes Lindsey German
Apoplexy at Daily Mail about biased audience: bias is their job, after all – Election briefing #28

The disarray of the so-called “natural party of government” is clear for all to see, writes Lindsey German
It's the Empress who has no clothes, not Jeremy Corbyn - Election briefing #27

The Tories’ threadbare campaign has their jitters rising swiftly to the surface, observes Lindsey German
On balance, the Tories don't deserve to win – Election briefing #26

As the Tories flounder towards Plan B, Corbyn strides into the mainstream, notes Lindsey German
The war party has a lot to answer for - Election briefing #25

We should demand honest accounting when it comes to links between domestic terrorism and overseas military intervention, writes Lindsey German
We cannot allow terror threats to undermine democracy - Election briefing #24

Try as she might, Theresa May’s high office manoeuvring cannot conceal her complicity and weakness, writes Lindsey German
Solidarity not scapegoating is how to defeat terrorism - Election briefing #23

There is no escape from the horrors of imperialism, at home or abroad, argues Lindsey German
Don't let this attack divide us - Election briefing #22

There can no justification for this appalling atrocity in Manchester, writes Lindsey German
Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr Jones? – Election briefing #21

Jeremy Corbyn is defying the media and chiming with the working class, writes Lindsey German
Property owning democracy, anyone? – Election briefing #20

Theresa May’s Poundland Thatcher isn’t convincing anyone, argues Lindsey German
Tory manifesto isn't greater fairness between generations, it's an attack on every generation – Election briefing #19

This cruel and regressive Tory manifesto gives another spur to the left, argues Lindsey German
A change is gonna come: these policies are a real alternative - Election briefing #18

Labour have produced a class-based programme that we can all get behind, writes Lindsey German
What exactly is wrong with taxing the rich and the corporations? - Election briefing #17

Let’s start challenging inequality in the here-and-now, argues Lindsey German
If you believe the Tories on this, you'll believe anything - Election briefing #16

Theresa May's pitch to working class voters is laughable, argues Lindsey German
This is a manifesto worth fighting for - Election briefing #15

There is every opportunity for the class to move forward with this clarion call, writes Lindsey German
A manifesto that is anything but chaotic - Election briefing #14

Popular policies take centre stage and Labour forward with one serious misstep, writes Lindsey German
Theresa May knows all about the Nasty Party: she's leading it – Election briefing #13

War, fraud and feather-nesting: business as usual for the Tories, notes Lindsey German
Is Theresa May a secret Marxist? - Election briefing #12

What’s behind Tory claims that privatisation cannot deliver fair energy prices, asks Lindsey German
Four weeks to turn this around - Election briefing #11

Fighting to win and shifting the terrain on to our issues are the left’s urgent tasks, writes Lindsey German
Lies, damned lies and local elections - Election briefing #10

No one said it was going to be easy, but we must continue the fight, argues Lindsey German
The good news, the bad news, and five weeks is a long time in politics - Election briefing #09

Ukip’s demise is nurturing the Tories for now but this should not diminish Labour’s fight, argues Lindsey German
Does Empress Theresa realise this is an election, not a coronation? - Election briefing #08

Tory imperial pretension cannot conceal their damage and weakness, notes Lindsey German
Bad press day? Headlines when it’s a black leftwing woman - Election briefing #07

Is the interview with Diane Abbott really such big news, asks Lindsey German
The Blair Rich Project - Election briefing #06

What can possibly be motivating Tony Blair in this election campaign, asks Lindsey German
Tories in a double bind over triple locks and taxes – Election briefing #05

What are the Tories going to do about taxes, asks Lindsey German
Right, left and centre: how the battle will shape up – Election briefing #04

As parliament rises until after the election, it's worth looking at where we are, writes Lindsey German
When the lying has to stop - Election briefing #03

Labour's promises on the NHS will be popular, writes Lindsey German
The vilification of a peacemonger - Election briefing #02

The desire to skewer Jeremy Corbyn over questions of war and peace seemingly knows no bounds, notes Lindsey German
Corbyn attacked for not wanting to start a nuclear war - Election briefing #01

The deranged reaction to Jeremy Corbyn's pledge of no nuclear genocide is discussed by Lindsey German in the first of our daily election briefings