General Election Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/general-election/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Sat, 29 Jun 2024 23:01:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Farage’s Clacton Con: Exploiting Poverty for Political Gain https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/farages-clacton-con-exploiting-poverty-for-political-gain/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/farages-clacton-con-exploiting-poverty-for-political-gain/#respond Sat, 29 Jun 2024 23:01:02 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=59618 "The last time I heard him [Farage] make reference to Clacton, he was saying he didn't want to spend every Friday there," Home Secretary James Cleverly commented to Sky News in early June. "Reform UK has always been a vehicle for Farage's self-promotion."

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/farages-clacton-con-exploiting-poverty-for-political-gain/feed/ 0 Young voters are being excluded in the UK – can we not have anything? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/general-election-young-voters-have-been-excluded-from-voting/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/general-election-young-voters-have-been-excluded-from-voting/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:55:50 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=59596 It’s high time the British public gets rid of the Conservatives. This time, the responsibility falls on students and young voters to make a difference.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/general-election-young-voters-have-been-excluded-from-voting/feed/ 0 Why is TikTok the newest campaign trail for UK politicians? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/tiktok-campaign-trail/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/tiktok-campaign-trail/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 21:06:10 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=59169 It’s a Bank Holiday, and I click onto TikTok. I watch the first video on my FYP: it's a meme, courtesy of the Labour Party’s official page.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/tiktok-campaign-trail/feed/ 0 The Politics of Instagram’s Update: A Polarising Response https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/instagram-update-political-content/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/instagram-update-political-content/#respond Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:36:36 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=57000 Toeing a fine line between increasing user autonomy and perpetuating algorithmic echo chambers, Instagram's update limiting political content could have a strong impact on this year's general election — for better or for worse. 

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