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Uninvincible Cable
It was when Vince Cable slouched into Number 10 wearing Twickenham’s version of John Wayne’s Stetson that you realised he was in trouble. Peter McHugh writes on the new Cablegate.
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PMQs offers little Christmas cheer for party leaders
As David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash for the last time this year at PMQs, broadcaster Peter McHugh asks whether the festive spirit will survive for long at Westminster.
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Ed Miliband: trouble at the top
Despite a sparkling start Ed Miliband faces some fierce criticism. Unless he can conquer PMQs the Labour leader is in danger of drowning instead of walking on water, writes broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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Osborne plays the numbers game
The art of numerology is de rigeur among today’s crop of stat-tastic politicians, but do their numbers stack up, asks broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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PMQs: Ed Miliband goes easy on David Cameron
Despite student protests outside, new father Ed Miliband goes easy on David Cameron – could it be the gifts the Prime Minister sent for the new baby, asks broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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PMQs: royal engagement sneaks into the Commons
David Cameron fought off the opposition during PMQs as he basked in the realisation that months of royal distraction from the problems at home are ahead, writes broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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PMQs: perfect storm for Nick Clegg
There isn’t much these days which unites Tories and Labour but the House of Commons provided the venue today for one of the few things that does: Nick Clegg baiting, writes broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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Spending review: The Westminster theatre
We’ve had the numbers from the government’s spending review, but what about the theatre? Broadcaster Peter McHugh takes a less than serious look at George Osborne’s Westminster address.
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Ed Miliband: the new kid at the box
Ed Miliband takes the stand at the despatch box and comes face to face with the Coalition for the first time as Labour leader. Broadcaster Peter McHugh analyses his performance.
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Not your usual Tory conference
Political analyst Peter McHugh previews the headline acts at this year’s Conservative Party conference, as David Cameron attempts to make the coalition and its cuts more “palatable”.
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Will the real Ed Miliband please stand up?
Renowned broadcaster Peter McHugh writes on what Ed Miliband’s victory means for Labour and reveals how much more to him there is than just being David Miliband’s brother.
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In power – now Nick Clegg sets out to impress
Nick Clegg tells delegates at the Liberal Democrat conference to “stick by us” as he defends the coalition, broadcaster Peter McHugh analyses the deputy prime minister’s performance.
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Tone of Labour leadership debate set by Tony
The candidates for the Labour leadership outlined their vision for the party during last night’s Channel 4 News hustings, but Peter McHugh notes that the debate’s biggest player was not in the studio.
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The coalition government 100 days in
One hundred days of a coalition government, and this week we can write the words that perhaps only the man himself thought possible: Nick Clegg is in charge. Broadcaster Peter McHugh asks, what next?
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Labour contest: brotherly love or ‘narrowest gene pool’?
Political analyst Peter McHugh examines the contenders in a Labour leadership race described by Diane Abbott as containing “the narrowest gene pool in history”.
