Felicity Spector

The Labour leader has a problem. His party might be ahead of the Tories in the polls, but he’s lagging far behind David Cameron in the popularity stakes. Time for the image consultants?

The candidates are taking time off from the campaign trail – but this is no holiday. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are hunkered down with top aides, preparing for their first face to face encounter.

No need to wait till November. Almost half of Americans can already start voting in the presidential elections. And that could spell trouble for Mitt Romney – who’s fighting to make up lost ground.

It is one way of getting voters’ attention: a new web ad released by Obama supporters features Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson, with a rather unorthodox appeal to get out and campaign.

Appearing on David Letterman’s hit US talk show was always going to be risky. And David Cameron was felled by a British history quiz. But did he really not know what Magna Carta meant?

Riot police fire tear gas in Athens as clashes break out in the first general strike since the new coalition took power. In Spain, anti-austerity protests threaten to tear the country apart.

It is one of the most politically important states whose votes are still up for grabs. That’s why Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and President Obama are criss crossing Ohio this week, searching for support.

There were a few wins for British talent at the 64th Primetime Emmy awards in LA – but American dramas dominated the night, with Homeland and Modern Family scooping the major prizes.

They are one of the most crucial groups in November’s election, and both parties are desperate for their support. Now Mitt Romney has been wooing Hispanic voters – but are they buying his message?

It is not going well for Mitt Romney. His efforts to get his campaign back on course have been derailed by a leaked video piling scorn on Obama’s supporters for being too poor to pay tax.

They’re behind in the polls, beleaguered in the press, stumbling to present a coherent message. Now key insiders in Mitt Romney’s campaign are searching for someone to blame.

As part of our No Go Britain disability access series, Felicity Spector finds that a trip to the cinema with her disabled father is a considerably less than relaxing experience.

There’s fear, there’s loathing, and there’s electoral politics. Top Republicans say President Obama’s foreign policy triggered the attacks on US diplomatic staff – calling it “disgraceful”.

A pizza shop owner in Florida got so excited when Barack Obama stopped by, that he lifted the president up in a giant bear-hug. But is Obama embracing a new, more laid-back image?

“We weren’t sent in to murder him”. One of the elite Navy Seals who took part in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden gives details about the mission – but should he have gone public?