Jon Snow
Quantum physics and how the 'coalition agreement' works
‘Hi, Jon, I’m Madbiscuit (or some such), I’m one of your followers, can I have a photo with you?’ – Jon Snow on a train conversation to Oxford.
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Jon Snow
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Libya: coalition air strike kills rebels near Brega
As many as 14 anti-Gaddafi fighters may have died in a coalition air strike on the outskirts of Brega, in eastern Libya. Meanwhile, fighting rages in the rebel stronghold of Misrata.
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Libya's Ajdabiya retaken by rebels: what next for coalition forces?
As rebel forces retake Ajdabiya, Lindsey Hilsum samples the atmosphere and asks what is next for the coalition.
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Libya: Coalition’s targeted attacks on Gaddafi’s hardware
As western planes and missiles continue to attack Libyan military hardware, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses the air war and refutes Gaddafi’s claims of mounting civilian casualties.
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Gary Gibbon
AV referendum: Could it break the Coalition?
One Conservative backbencher tells our Political Editor that Tory MPs could try to pull down the Coalition and force a General Election if the Yes camp wins the AV referendum. But it could be Ed Miliband who has most to gain.
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Backbench dissent could hurt Cameron’s coalition
Ahead of the Conservative party’s spring conference, David Cameron is increasingly worried about Tory backbench dissent – and about how much worse it could get after the AV referendum.
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Ireland heading for coalition with Enda Kenny as leader
A coalition government is the likely outcome of Ireland’s general election, with Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny as Taoiseach. Carl Dinnen says voters have delivered a “fracturing of the Irish body politic”.
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Mind your coalition language
I caused a minor stir with some viewers on Sunday night’s programme when I threw in a reference to the “Conservative-led coalition” prompting a brief debate on twitter which, unusually, has changed my mind about the use of the phrase .
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Ireland’s Green Party quits the coalition
The Irish government was plunged into fresh chaos today as the junior coalition Green Party pulled out following the resignation of Taoiseach Brian Cowen as leader of the ruling Fianna Fail party.
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Coalition dealt blow as Labour celebrates Oldham East win
Labour celebrates victory in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election, dealing a blow to the Coalition in the first test since the general election, as Gary Gibbon reports.
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Coalition fault lines, from Westminster to Chippenham
Cuts, job losses and price hikes – 2011 looks set to test stress points in the coalition. Katie Razzall returned to Chippenham to find out how Tory and Lib Dem rivals are getting on at local level.
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Lib Dem Hughes promotes coalition tuition plans
Senior Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes, who abstained in the tuition fees vote, tells Channel 4 News why he accepted a government post encouraging poor students to attend university.
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Gary Gibbon
Vince Cable lives to fight another day in the Coalition
Vince Cable remains in the Coalition government – despite his comments that he had “declared war on Murdoch”, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Faisal Islam
Difficult promises on poverty for the coalition
Faisal Islam blogs on the difficulties the coalition government faces with tackling poverty.
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Coalition cuts put nearly a million more into poverty
The number of people living in poverty in Britain is set to rise by almost a million by 2014. This includes 100,000 more children despite Government pledges to bring child poverty down.
