Cameron, Miliband and Clegg all come in for a savaging as they finally face the electorate after sterile election campaign

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Just as actors call Macbeth the Scottish play, so historians will for ever think of 2015 as the Scottish election. Whatever happens on 7 May – whoever ends up limping through the door of 10 Downing Street – the big, enduring fact of 2015 will be the shifting of the tectonic plates now under way in Scotland. It is nothing less than a realignment – and it will last.

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On St George's day, columnists Jonathan Freedland and Polly Toynbee discuss the Conservatives' warnings over a minority Labour government propped up by the SNP. Is the Tories' attempt to pull back would-be Ukip voters going to alienate Scots?On St George's day, columnists Jonathan Freedland and Polly Toynbee discuss the Conservatives' warnings over a minority Labour government propped up by the SNP. Is the Tories' attempt to pull back would-be Ukip voters going to alienate Scots? And if the Conservatives care about the United Kingdom – or Europe – why play this dangerous English game? Continue reading...

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Columnists Jonathan Freedland and Gaby Hinsliff discuss the jitters in the Conservative election campaign following criticisms from Tory grandees, accusations of partisan Wikipedia editing against Grant Shapps, and the weaponisation of Boris Johnson. A...

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Columnists Jonathan Freedland and Zoe Williams discuss the assumption that the election campaign would be dominated by the debate around immigration. With the deaths of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean, have voters' views changed? And if the immigration issue now has a tragic, human face, will the parties will ignore it – or make a commitment? And is the threat to scrap the Human Rights Act the dog that hasn't barked? Continue reading...

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Columnists Jonathan Freedland and Deborah Orr discuss the launch of the Scottish National party's manifesto on Monday. With the party projected to win more than 50 seats on 7 May, will Nicola Sturgeon have enough power to force Labour further left? And...

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Halfway there: As the campaign marks its midpoint, the two main parties remain deadlocked. If things stay that way, it won’t be arithmetic that decides who forms the next government – but raw politics

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Guardian columnists Jonathan Freedland and Aditya Chakrabortty discuss the un-discussable issue of the campaign. Never mind Nigel Farage's have-a-laugh Ukip manifesto – the most significant story this week is the warning from the International Monetary Fund that Britain's deficit will not be reduced in the next decade. But does the IMF's intervention have any political kick – or is it a damning verdict on the prospectus of all three main political parties? Continue reading...

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Guardian columnists Jonathan Freedland and Gaby Hinsliff compare Ukip's manifesto launch on Thursday with that of the Liberal Democrats. Could this be Nigel Farage's last election? And if so, is he lining up Suzanne Evans as a successor? Meanwhile, as ...

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Guardian columnists Jonathan Freedland and Polly Toynbee discuss the Tories' manifesto launch. After a bad week, has David Cameron got it right on issues such as free childcare and a tax-free minimum wage? Or are the Conservatives trying too hard to pretend they're another party? Is the party back on secure terrain – or is this clever politics, rotten economics and a cheat of a policy? Continue reading...

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