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Jim Waterson

Jim Waterson is the Guardian's political media editor. Twitter @jimwaterson

July 2024

  • Stack of copies of the Sun

    The Sun backs Labour on eve of election as Times also offers cautious support

    After years of critical coverage, tabloid backs Labour for first election since 2005, saying: ‘It is time for a change’
  • Oliver Dowden, deputy prime minister.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Oliver Dowden reportedly reveals preferred choice for next Tory leader – UK general election as it happened

    Deputy PM says Victoria Atkins is ‘star’ and is one of only people he could see leading Tory party
    • Dale Vince sues Guido Fawkes owner for libel over Hamas claims

    • Could the WhatsApp election hurt Labour at the polls?

    • British female politicians targeted by fake pornography

June 2024

  • Graphical image of clock with ballot boxes as numbers

    What time will we know who won? Hour-by-hour guide to election night

  • PM again declines to say whether he told Craig Williams in advance about his decision to hold the election in July

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Sunak cites ‘confidential’ inquiry as he refuses to answer questions over aide and election date bet – as it happened

  • A person using a smartphone that has social media app icons on the screen. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: Where are voters getting their news? – podcast

  • Keir Starmer talking to members of the media

    ‘There’s a lot less sharing’: how news consumption has changed since last UK election

  • Five hours a day on Facebook: how voters are keeping up with the election

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Starmer says he would not let SNP hold new independence referendum or lift veto on gender recognition bill – as it happened

  • UK editor backs out of top Washington Post job after US scrutiny of his past

  • Whatever the sums involved, the election betting scandal will linger in public’s minds

  • Deepfake video of Nigel Farage playing Minecraft ‘of course’ not real, party says

  • Washington Post accuses incoming editor of using work of ‘blagger’

  • ‘Playing the ref’: how attacking the BBC became a fixture of UK elections

  • Bookmakers told to find all substantial bets on July poll after Sunak aide’s ‘flutter’

  • From Partygate to Post Office to D-day: five ways ITV has shaken up the election

  • Tories fighting to prevent Labour winning ‘supermajority’, says Shapps

  • Today in Focus
    Election 2024’s battleground: your family WhatsApp group – podcast

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