Voters turn their back on Miliband
Since becoming leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband’s poll ratings have become a worry as he’s even losing support among Labour voters. Gary Gibbon reports.
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Since becoming leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband’s poll ratings have become a worry as he’s even losing support among Labour voters. Gary Gibbon reports.
Teachers vote to strike over pension proposals, adding to the spate of union action threatening to halt public services in the coming months. Cathy Newman reports on the looming summer of discontent.
Britain’s voters overwhelmingly reject calls to switch to the Alternative Vote system – but is this a death knell for electoral reform? Channel 4 News speaks to politicians, analysts and academics.
As the campaign to switch to the alternative vote heads towards defeat, analysts tell Channel 4 News it will set back electoral reform – but there is a glimmer of hope for the Lib Dems.
The polls have closed after a bitter AV referendum campaign. Votes have also been cast in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly and local councils.
Voters in Northern Ireland will soon decide which politicians will take a seat in the compulsory coalition of the governing assembly. Carl Dinnen looks at the campaign issues taking centre stage.
Former home secretaries John Reid and Alan Johnson go head-to-head on Channel 4 News ahead of the referendum on AV, as an expert panel analyses the “Yes” and “No” campaigns.
As the campaigns for and against a switch to the Alternative Vote step up a gear for the 5 May referendum, the former Home Secretary and now Labour Peer, John Reid, makes the case for a No vote.
As the campaigns for and against a switch to the Alternative Vote gear up for the 5 May referendum, Jonathan Bartley – Vice Chair of the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign – makes the case for a Yes vote.
David Cameron insists the referendum on the AV voting system will not break the Coalition, as Lib Dem blogger Mark Pack tells Channel 4 News the “No” campaigners have “sunk to desperate tactics”.
Political commentator Peter McHugh looks at how all three leaders could fare if the AV referendum goes one way, or the other.
As senior Labour politicians launch a campaign to oppose a switch to the Alternative Vote, YouGov’s Anthony Wells says the formation of the Coalition may have changed political calculations.
Gary Gibbon blogs on how government whips are confident they can see off any backbench rebellion over plans to hold a referendum on introducing the alternative vote.
Gary Gibbon blogs on how the launch of Tony Blair’s book ‘A Journey’ could impact on the Labour leadership contest.
Gary Gibbon blogs on how Jon Cruddas has backed David Miliband in the Labour leadership election.