Politics - Channel 4 News

Latest Channel 4 News:
British man shot dead in Texas bar
£1m worth of cannabis plants seized
Plans to cut legal aid fees warning
Nato airstrike kills Afghan troops
'Stitch-up' reports on MP expenses

FactCheck: why are we in Afghanistan?

Gordon Brown (credit:Reuters)

Gordon Brown gave a high-profile speech setting out why British troops are in Afghanistan. But how do the reasons he gives today compare to those given by our leaders over the past eight years?

Brown's bid to boost by-election hope

A voter places her voting paper in the ballot box (credit: Getty images)

Gordon Brown has accused the Scottish government of "letting down" the people of Glasgow as he joined the campaign to boost Labour's chances in next week's by-election. Cathy Newman reports. Click here for full candidates list.

Brown warns Karzai to act on corruption

British troops put Afghan forces through training exercises (credit: Getty images)

Gordon Brown declares the mission in Afghanistan must not fail, but warns that he is not prepared to put British lives at risk for an Afghan government that does not stand up to corruption. Jonathan Miller reports.

Other top stories


Watch the Latest Channel 4 News

Watch Channel 4 News when you want

More News blogs

View RSS feed

Kelly expenses report

image

Sir Christopher Kelly's stringent guidelines for MPs' expenses.

FactCheck: czar sacking

Home Secretary Alan Johnson (credit:Reuters)

Did the government's drugs advisor overstep political lines?

Cathy Newman on Twitter

cathynewman

Is labour stoking fears about bnp in glasgow north east to get their own vote out? Watch c4news at 7

Yesterday at 18:30

Follow us

Spending Snowcloud

image

Brown vs Cameron in a government spending head to head.

The Freedom Files

Freedom Files

Revealed: the stories they didn't want to tell.

Making a FoI request?

Channel 4 News tells you how to unearth information.

Snowclouds

See how many times a word is used in key speeches, and in what context.

Subscribe




Channel 4 © 2009. Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.