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Full steam for Lords reform
Gary Gibbon blogs on the rising political tension within the three main political parties ahead of the vote on Lords reform.
Gary Gibbon blogs on the rising political tension within the three main political parties ahead of the vote on Lords reform.
The FT has spotted another embarrassment for the culture secretary as he steps into the high court.
Will he, won’t he. Channel 4 News Politics Editor Gary Gibbon on how the wrangle for Lords reform at the heart of the coalition government threatens to bring an abrupt halt to changes at the Commons.
Channel 4 News Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, on the battle for reform of the House of Lords at the heart of the government
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Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the European summit in Brussels
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the government’s thoughts on a referendum on Scottish independence
Government ministers will spend most of the year bedecked in high-visibility jackets to remind you how busy they are pushing growth … but rising unemployment, insolvencies and low confidence seem with us for 2012.
For years, the Lib Dem leader’s speech was a longed for moment of coverage. Now, in government, Nick Clegg gets saturation coverage all year round. So this speech, like the whole conference, was more of an internal party conversation than usual. Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports.
“There are mutterings this is all to do with a wildlife centre in David Cameron’s constituency but he might also be worried about looking too politically correct.”
“The Cabinet Secretary, I’m told, wants to make sure that civil servants are prepared for the Lib Dems downgrading cooperation to something way short of a coalition before 2015.”
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.