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Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader once jailed by ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, succeeds him as president of the world’s most populous Arab nation.
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs about the Falklands war hero Simon Weston, who could be disqualified from standing as a police and crime commissioner because of a criminal conviction from 37 years ago when he was just 14.
Jon Snow
A tremendous air of excitement here in Paris. Even before getting here, it was clear that French society is profoundly different from our own. But it’s not just France that’s voting today, but Greece and Serbia.
President Sarkozy’s election manifesto pledges a balanced budget and a freeze on France’s EU contributions. But will it be enough to defeat socialist rival Francois Hollande?
Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas resigns after being filmed boasting that people willing to donate £250,000 would gain access to the prime minister and the Downing Street policy unit.
Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband has broken a long silence to warn that Labour needs “restless rethinking” if it is to return to power.
As David Cameron and Ed Miliband renew calls for a new form of ethical capitalism, Channel 4 News asks whether this latest political cause celebre will have any electoral or practical impact?
As more than 30,000 people promise to protest this weekend in Russia after a disputed election result, Robin Cook’s former adviser tells Channel 4 News we are witnessing the start of “serious change”.
As Russian voters cut the ruling party’s parliamentary majority, the Russia Foundation’s David Clark tells Channel 4 News that this could be the beginning of the end for the Vladimir Putin era.
Jonathan Rugman blogs on Egypt’s historic day of change, as people prepare to vote following the downfall of Hosni Mubarak.
Reports that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to resign in the next three months are denied by his office.
The Labour party leadership has described government proposals to change the way electors register to vote as “a shameful assault on people’s democratic rights”.
Calls for political reform spun out of the expenses scandal of 2009 and hurtled towards last year’s general election, with all three major parties promising change in their manifestos. Labour proposed a non-partisan parliamentary boundary review that would look at the rules for the redistribution of seats, as well as an Alternative Vote (AV) referendum. Its manifesto said: “The cost of politics to the taxpayer must be minimised but we reject using this as an excuse to gerrymander constituency boundaries in the interest of one political party.” The Tories meanwhile championed a 10 per cent cut in the number of MPs, while the Lib Dem manifesto stated that it would making voting fairer by introducing Single Transferable Vote (STV) for elections, the number of MPs could be cut from 650 to 500. We’ve already said no to AV, so now it’s down to the boundary changes to kick start reform. But is it fair, or are the Tories manipulating the system?
What next for embattled Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, after his controversial comments on rape? Krishnan Guru-Murthy looks at what the Prime Minister might be thinking.
The claim “Let me at this point deal with some of the anti-AV myths that have been spread by those opposed to change: – That it leads to more coalitions…there is no evidence that AV results in more coalitions – That AV is complicated – That a yes vote will be seen as a vindication of Nick Clegg Ed Miliband, Labour Leader, speech to the Labour Yes to AV campaign, March 16, 2011