Michael Crick
On the stump with Boris and Ken
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on the Lomdon mayoral elections.
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Johnson to Livingstone: ‘It’s all f****** lies’
Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson clash furiously on a radio show about their tax arrangements, after which Mr Johnson tells Mr Livingstone that accusations levelled at him are “all f****** lies”.
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Is politics worth paying for?
Before the “Cash for Access/Dinner/Influence” scandal leads us once again down the road of state funding for political parties we might just ask is it really the only option? Various reviews and reports, most recently including Sir Christopher Kelly, have suggested the state picks up the cost of cleaning up politics. In return there would be a lowish £10,000 limit on donations and trade union members would have to opt in to their fees going to the Labour Party. This or something similar will form the basis of new talks on party funding. This might seem to you as if a burglar was telling the magistrate “If only you’d make up the shortfall in income involved in me being honest I would not have to go thieving”. But is there an option?
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FactCheck: The biggest porkies of 2011
The biggest political porkies of 2011: Channel 4 News’ FactCheck team run through the dodgiest politics claims of the year.
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Faisal Islam
Ten curiosities about David Cameron’s veto
What did the UK “win” in Brussels that justified deploying the tactical weapon of the veto?
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‘Met police will be world’s best’ vows Hogan-Howe
As Scotland Yard’s new commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe pledges to make the country’s biggest police force the “best in the world,” his appointment still rankles with some officers across the country.
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Four eurozone countries ban short-selling
France, Italy, Spain and Belgium impose a ban on short-selling financial stocks in a bid to restore confidence to the markets.
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Euro leaders seal Greece bailout deal
An emergency summit reaches a deal on a new bailout package for struggling Greece, rallying the markets and bringing the eurozone back from the economic brink.
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Nazi war criminal released on age grounds
A German court finds 91-year-old John Demjanjuk guilty of helping to murder thousands of Jews at a Nazi death camp, but he is to be released because of his age.
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Gary Gibbon
A dire night for Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on a dire night for Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems.
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FactCheck: Clegg, Huhne and the £250m question. Who’s right on AV?
The claim “The change to AV will cost up to an additional £250 million” – No to AV
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FactCheck: AV round-up – the truth behind the claims
FactCheck’s Twitter followers asked us for a round-up of the biggest claims made by the Yes to AV and No to AV camps. With the referendum on May 5th, many said there are still too many smoke and mirror tactics to make an informed decision.
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Coalition cracks widen over AV referendum
As the referendum campaign turns bitter, the gaps in government grow larger – as the Yes camp accuse the No camp of lying and threaten legal action.
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AV referendum: Why you should vote No
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.
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Alternative Vote: Your questions answered
As the Electoral Commission sends out almost 28 million information leaflets to improve public awareness about the 5 May referendum, Channel 4 News presents a Q and A on AV.
