Post election plots and operations
As the main party leaders lick their wounds after the local elections, should each of them be watching their backs?
Nick Clegg says the results of the European elections – which have left the Liberal Democrats with just one MEP – are “gutting” and “heartbreaking”, but insists he will not walk away from the party.
As the main party leaders lick their wounds after the local elections, should each of them be watching their backs?
Nick Clegg’s leadership is questioned by MPs as some Liberal Democrat candidates urge him to quit over dismal election results, although the party chairman urges the party “not to turn in” on itself.
Nigel Farage rules the roost in the soundbite stakes with his “Ukip fox” dominating local election coverage. Channel 4 News pits party leaders against him to ask: whose message is getting through?
The local election results produce Ukip successes in Tory Essex and Labour Rotherham, while Labour is the big winner in London. The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, lose control in Portsmouth.
From making pigs happy to making bankers sad – ten reasons why, whatever you think about the European Union, you should be voting in the elections on Thursday.
Culture Secretary Sajid Javid says immigrants to the UK need to learn to speak English to “respect our way of life”, as posturing over immigration intensifies ahead of the European elections.
Michael Gove is an “ideologically obsessed zealot” who pushed through £400m of cuts to funding for extra school places to help plug a financial black hole in the free schools project, it is claimed.
The general election is exactly a year away and predicting a winner has never been harder. Channel 4 News looks at three banana skins that could change everything.
Nick Clegg received the ultimate accolade from his wife today. He may run out of fans if the Lib Dems take a beating in the Euro elections.
Introducing the voters who may decide the next election. Not Tories tempted by Ukip, but disillusioned Lib Dems now thinking of voting Labour.
Elvis, cheap nannies, Putin and the “underclass” – my take on Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg’s second debate.
Clegg/Farage round two is almost upon us. Cut through the spin with FactCheck’s guide to the truth about Europe and immigration.
Nigel Farage accused Nick Clegg of using tired old statistics. Clegg accused Farage of making them up. But with a chance to fish for Labour and Tory votes, perhaps both men were winners?
YouGov is producing an instant “who won the debate?” poll for the Sun. It’s hard to imagine that will do anything other than give the Ukip leader a massive lead.