THE Tories faced accusations yesterday of neglecting the opportunity to call on people to register to vote in the election in the run-up to the deadline earlier this week, new analysis has revealed.
Labour’s popularity on social media has soared as voters seek an alternative to the mainstream media that has often been hostile to leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, the Press Association study also found.
Mr Corbyn’s most popular message since the Tories unveiled their unpopular and uncosted manifesto on Monday May 22 — the deadline day to register — said: “[His team] looked through Theresa May and the Conservatives’ Facebook and Twitter pages, and they have not put out a single message encouraging people to register to vote.”
Plaid Cymru’s Caerffili by-election win raised hopes on the left — but the complex realities of Wales suggest the Senedd election may be far less predictable, argues CATRIN ASHTON
Morning Star Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON analyses polling for the Senedd election — and it’s bad news for Welsh Labour
Plaid Cymru’s spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in the second article of a two-part series, argues that Labour’s contempt for voters and backward-facing approach have led to widespread mistrust in Wales
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP


