A pig flying down Whitehall?
We are in a time of omens in which we search for routes through the voters’ wisdom in refusing to trust any party to deliver us from the evil of deficits, writes Jon Snow.
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We are in a time of omens in which we search for routes through the voters’ wisdom in refusing to trust any party to deliver us from the evil of deficits, writes Jon Snow.
Team Europe: Financial Rescue, is what today’s events in Brussels were supposed to be. But tonight EU finance ministers are facing a race against time to have a package of support measures to underpin the euro before major markets open tonight. After acting too late on Greece, other indebted European nations started to feel the…
Roundup of the Vote 2010 Election FactCheck blog
Nick Clegg said on last night’s Leaders’ debate that he wasn’t advocating entry into the euro but his manifesto says differently. FactCheck took a look.
On the day after the final leaders debate, Gary Gibbon analyses the significance of the post-debate poll results.
The claim “This year, actually, we are borrowing more as a percentage of GDP than the Greeks are. Of course there are differences between Britain and Greece and you can see that in all sorts of ways. But Greece stands as a warning to what happens if you don’t pay back your debts.” David Cameron,…
The Liberal Democrat turned to banking in this morning’s briefing and FactCheck turned to some of their statements.
Rather like the men with the tape measures who lay out the cutlery and glasses at state banquets the Lib Dems seem to have a staffer who makes sure that Vince Cable’s lectern is a critical two inches behind Nick Clegg’s. The leader’s been taking shots at “greedy bankers” this morning. He’s getting asked what…
Gary Gibbon blogs that the prime minister is trying to embrace the unwilling Lib Dem leader in a loveless armlock.
The Liberal Democrats could be the deciding party in the next election. Their manifesto gets the FactCheck treatment.
Gary Gibbon blogs on the Liberal Democrat manifesto launch and how questions still remain about the figures behind the party’s tax plans.
We’ve the first of three films looking at the main party leaders: a look at Nick Clegg. More blessings have been laid at his feet than for many a Liberal leader. But has he exploited them all? Party critics in the profile feel he hasn’t made the capital he might’ve done out of the expenses…
Channel 4 News FactCheck examines the claims in Ask the Chancellors.
About five minutes after Channel 4’s Ask the Chancellors debate had ended, Britain’s first ever “spin room” was invaded by a phalanx of sharp-suited Conservatives, blogs Faisal Islam.
FactCheck looks at a range of statements from the “Ask the Chancellors” debate on Channel 4