David Laws: the first Westminster victim of Thursday’s results
He’s the first Westminster victim of Thursday’s results. Trying to come back on the pitch just as a “friendly” turned into a bit of a grudge match.
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He’s the first Westminster victim of Thursday’s results. Trying to come back on the pitch just as a “friendly” turned into a bit of a grudge match.
A year since the rose garden and the signing of the Coalition agreement, Nick Clegg admits times are tough for the Lib Dems. Follow #c4news live blog for updates and a Channel 4 News/YouGov poll.
Exclusive: a YouGov poll for Channel 4 News finds more than half of Lib Dem supporters believe the Coalition will collapse before a general election and a third think Nick Clegg should go before then.
This time last year we were all still wondering what kind of relationship we were about to get? David and Nick? Nick and Gordon? Nick and David Miliband? Were they just political dating? Moving in together? Or getting married? A year on David Cameron is the dominant partner, Nick Clegg has gone from most eligible bachelor to public hate figure. And Ed Miliband is still there trying to tempt him to leave the relationship and move in with Labour. So let’s start the couples therapy with David Cameron.
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on a dire night for Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems.
A bad night in the local elections for the Lib Dems, but political analyst Lewis Baston finds a glimmer of hope for Nick Clegg and his party in the electoral mathematics.
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.
The latest opinion poll suggests voters will reject electoral reform on Thursday. Labour leader Ed Miliband admits that defeat will force the issue off the political agenda for some time.
Those were the days: Dave and Nick together in the Downing Street garden – but how times have changed, muses Peter McHugh at pre-election PMQs.
Gary Gibbon examines the cross-party clashes in the coalition over the AV referendum.
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.
The easter sunshine has not calmed the coalition animosity between the Tory backbenchers and Liberal Democrats as the AV quandry draws nearer
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.
Cathy Newman discovers that the Lib Dems can’t keep their promise on Sure Start children’s centres as the cuts start to bite.
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon sits in on a seminar where ex-members of the Social Democrat Party reminisce and debate about which party exists as their heir apparent.