Gary Gibbon

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Channel 4 News Political Editor gives his take on the latest news and gossip from the corridors of power in Westminster and beyond

Gary Gibbon has been Channel 4 News Political Editor since 2005. He gives his take on the latest news and gossip from the corridors of power in Westminster and beyond.

Gary has worked on four general elections for Channel 4 News. His interview with Peter Mandelson in 2001 triggered the Northern Ireland Secretary's second resignation from the Cabinet.

In 2006, he won the Royal Television Society Home News Award with Jon Snow for the scoop on the Attorney General's Legal Advice on Iraq. Gary also revealed details of Blair's pre-War meeting with George Bush n 2008 and won the Political Studies Association Broadcast Journalist of the Year award.

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post 22 May 2013
Cameron returns to London after Woolwich killing

David Cameron returns early from talks with French President Francois Hollande after being told about events in Woolwich.

post 21 May 2013
Gay marriage vote ends bruising few days for Cameron

The 136 Tory rebels who voted against the gay marriage bill will hope it sends a message to the Lords to do their worst with it.

post 21 May 2013
Tory MP threatens Cameron with water clock torture

The marriage (same-sex couples) bill gets its third reading and with it the moment for quite a few Tory MPs to register their unhappiness.

post 20 May 2013
'Swivel-eyed loons' Tory escapes investigation

After a quick debate, MPs vote not to investigate allegations about what Lord Feldman did or did not say - and his constituents appear to be more suspicious of those behind the stories.

post 16 May 2013
A three-line whip, but can the PM ride two Euro horses?

With a Eurosceptic Tory MP topping the private member's bill ballot, the government's referendum bill looks likely to jump at least the first of its parliamentary hurdles.

post 15 May 2013
What rebellion? Tory whips prepare for EU vote

If you ask the prime minister, tonight's vote on the absence of an EU referendum in the Queen's speech is definitely not a rebellion. But there is more to it than meets the eye.

post 14 May 2013
Cameron's EU wheeze: capitulation, or blessing?

The Tories are getting their teeth stuck into Europe again - but has Prime Minister David Cameron bitten off more than he can chew?

post 13 May 2013
Mutual irritation on Europe amongst Tories

Reporters on David Cameron's trip to the US universally describe his mood as "irritated" by the noises off on Europe back here. Well, back here, after a day chatting to Tory MPs, I have to say the fee

post 08 May 2013
Cameron olive branch to China

Since the PM met the Dalai Lama at St Paul's Cathedral last year, Britain has been put on the naughty step by China. His words today are a sign he wants to improve relations with Beijing.

post 08 May 2013
Immigration at the heart of government's plans

The immigration measures in the Queen's speech will be prominent in many voters' minds - but history may not judge them to be the most significant.

post 07 May 2013
Tories claim some cabinet support for Europe policy change

The Euro-sceptic right of the Tory party are pretty bushy-tailed after Lord Lawson's article in The Times, writes Gary Gibbon.

post 03 May 2013
Farage sinks a pint... and a party's hopes?

Ukip's success at the polls threatens the Conservatives, but also poses a bigger challenge to Labour and the Liberal Democrats than previously thought.

post 01 May 2013
Clegg: voter hostility easing but we could come fourth

Nick Clegg's aides say people are a "bit more neutral" than they used to be but will that translate to votes, or could the Lib Dems come behind Ukip in share of the vote in Thursday's elections?

post 30 April 2013
Ed Miliband: prime minister of Crawley?

I said Ed Miliband was running for prime minister and one of them said: "Of Crawley?" "No, the whole country," I said. "Jesus," came the response.

video 29 April 2013 UK

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David Cameron and the local elections - video

With 34 local councils going to the polls this week, Gary Gibbon reports on the campaign and talks to Prime Minister David Cameron about the coalition, divisions and the chance of Tory victories.

post 29 April 2013
Cameron steps into election ring, but dodges Ukip comment

David Cameron isn't keen to engage in the debate about Ukip. But as far as the people he was speaking to on the campaign trail are concerned, winning back votes from Ukip is far from over.

post 25 April 2013
Leveson: much more wrangling ahead

All parties involved in the press regulation debate want the same broad approach: a royal charter. They just can't agree what should be in it - and there is a lot of ground to be narrowed between them

article 25 April 2013 UK
News International, which publishes the Sun and the Times, is one publisher calling for an alternative system of self-regulation
Publishers reject post-Leveson regulation plan

A newspaper industry body rejects the government's plans for press regulation and publishes its own proposal for self-regulation bound by a royal charter.

post 25 April 2013
Johnson Minor and the Conservative manifesto

If anyone knows the workings of Boris Johnson's mind, it's Jo Johnson, new head of No.10's policy unit. But Johnson Minor's instincts on Europe are not quite the same as his brother's.

post 25 April 2013
Not so much 'Happy Days' as bumping along the bottom

Today's GDP figures prompted no tickertape celebrations at the ONS today - in fact, they suggest the country may do nothing more than bump along the bottom for some time.