Gary Gibbon
Lib Dems take stock of AV defeat ahead of conference
Lib Dem high command is trying to learn lessons from that mistake in its approach to elected police commissioners.
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FactCheck: what would parliament look like under Proportional Representation?
Small parties are likely to feel short-changed after getting millions of votes but very few seats in parliament. Do we need a different system?
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FactCheck: is the voting system rigged in favour of Labour?
Britain’s strange electoral system means the second most popular party can still win a general election.
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Lib Dems celebrate 25th anniversary
As the Liberal Democrats mark a quarter of a century as a party, Channel 4 News looks at the highs and lows under four leaders and five general elections.
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Could Britain end up leaving the EU? The key questions
The prospect of Britain pulling out of the European Union is now being openly discussed in capitals across the world. Why is this happening now?
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Coalition’s rocky road – two and a half years on
Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy, Nick Clegg, today renew their vows in a new show of unity, two and a half years after the rose garden press conference.
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FactCheck: Why Labour won’t win the next general election…probably
“His best predictions at time of writing are that Labour would win 34.04 per cent of the vote in the next general election, but the Conservatives would still be ahead on 36.59 per cent.”
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FactCheck: Do people care for an EU referendum?
Rebel Tory MPs are defying their party to call for a referendum on the UK’s European Union membership. And according to John Redwood, the “overwhelming majority” of the British public is up in arms about it too.But Mr Redwood’s comment rang rather hollow with one of our Twitter followers, Jamie Robertson, who asked us to check it out.
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Gary Gibbon
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Universities: Cameron pledges no ‘pay for access’
As the Government is accused of its fastest U-turn, the Prime Minister tells Channel 4 News that – despite “noises off” – the Coalition is still providing “strong and decisive” leadership for Britain.
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Vince Cable: Tories are ‘ruthless, calculating and tribal’
Vince Cable describes the Conservatives as “ruthless, calculating and tribal” following the AV referendum. But the Business Secretary tells Channel 4 News he is not deterred from working with them.
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AV vote and elections ‘among most remarkable in history’
The Teflon Tories, the SNP surge, Clegg’s kicking and lacklustre Labour: politics Professor Bill Jones writes for Channel 4 News on the “remarkable” outcome of the AV referendum and elections.
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Gary Gibbon
Elections: the scorpion and the frog
Gary Gibbon on whether the Lib Dem election results are a tale of the scorpion and the frog.
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Gary Gibbon
A massive political misjudgement by the Lib Dems
Gary Gibbon blogs on the various factors behind the Liberal Democrats’ poor showing in Thursday’s council elections.
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Britain votes ‘no’ in AV referendum
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.
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Cameron backs coalition to last full term
Prime Minister David Cameron rallies coalition troops after a disastrous election result for Lib Dem partners, amid accusations he has let down Nick Clegg.
