‘Bongo bongo’ Bloom hangs on in Ukip Euro election list
Godfrey Bloom, whose controversial remarks on sending aid to “bongo bongo land” created a political storm, retains his place on Ukip’s candidates list for the European elections.
Michael Crick
Michael Crick has left Channel 4 News. This is an archive of his reports.
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Ukip candidate claims Sharia remarks were ‘twisted’
A Ukip candidate who gave a speech endorsing aspects of Sharia law claims his remarks were “twisted by political opponents”. Michael Crick reports on developments in Ukip’s war with the Conservatives.
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Archer, Ashcroft, Coulson – now Lynton Crosby. Notice a pattern?
Tory leaders have repeatedly failed to conduct proper due diligence when hiring people they think will turn the party’s fortunes around.
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Crosby, lobbying and cigarettes
Questions are raised over the lobbying activities of Lynton Crosby, the Conservative Party strategist who has links to tobacco giant Philip Morris, over plans to change cigarette packaging.
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Government U-turns on smoking and alcohol
Ministers deny caving in to pressure from industry after the government delays plans for the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes and minimum pricing for alcohol.
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Unite campaign pretty dismal so far?
Should Unite members be questioning Len McCluskey’s low strike rate when it comes to getting union-backed people selected as Labour candidates?
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The battle of Falkirk – 2013 that is, not 1298
Unite’s Len McCluskey may claim to be Ed Miliband’s friend, but the row between the two men over selection of an election candidate for Falkirk is reminiscent of Labour’s internecine battles of earlier decades.
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Miliband promotes cut-price union scheme
The shopworkers’ union Usdaw removes a page from its website containing a video in which Labour leader Ed Miliband urges members to join the Labour party.
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Making European history in Stockton South – video
The prime minister is holding a BBQ for Tory MPs the night before a backbench bill, which would force future governments to hold a referendum on Britain’s EU membership, goes before parliament.
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Crick on Watson’s DNA
Tom Watson’s resignation from Labour’s shadow cabinet is a huge shock for the party – but what’s he planning to do next?
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United we stand: Labour’s secret Falkirk West report
More details from Labour’s secret report into what’s been going on at Falkirk West: it wasn’t just the Unite union that was signing up new recruits.
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Two more Plebgate arrests – now eight in total
Two more people were arrested today by the Metropolitan police over the Plebgate affair. That makes eight arrests so far.
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Battle of Falkirk gets murkier for Labour
The battle to select a candidate for the safe Labour seat of Falkirk is getting nastier, with Ed Miliband, Len McCluskey and Tom Watson all embroiled.
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Puzzle of Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s offshore trust
Nigel Farage cultivates the image of being a normal bloke who says what ordinary people are thinking. But how many people set up an offshore trust on the Isle of Man to try to avoid tax?
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Police send election file on Michael Mates to CPS
During his unsuccessful campaign to become a police and crime commissioner, the Conservative politician Michael Mates was accused of making a false declaration about where he lived.
