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Don’t care about your vote? Beware the alternative
Remind yourself there are other ways of conducting power and politics – and cherish and respect what we have, even if you can’t love or even like it.
One of the most closely-contested general elections for decades gets under way as parliament is dissolved – meaning every one of the 650 MPs elected in 2010 is officially out of a job.
The general election campaign has officially begun after the prime minister informed the Queen of the dissolution of parliament.
A blogger is brutally murdered by men with machetes in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka – the second attack in five weeks on an online critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority country.
Labour achieves a four-point lead, according to a new poll, following a televised grilling by Jeremy Paxman on Thursday night.
Remind yourself there are other ways of conducting power and politics – and cherish and respect what we have, even if you can’t love or even like it.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash with Jeremy Paxman in the first public contest leading up to the general election, and take a grilling from the public on their records and future promises.
Ahead of Thursday evening’s leader’s interviews, Michael Crick confronts host Jeremy Paxman about whether he is sympathetic to the Conservative Party.
Alex Salmond is branded “terrifying” and “arrogant” as he sets out negotiations for any post-election SNP deal with Labour.
They are voters determined to hold their MPs to account – but too often they can’t. Britons with learning disabilities rarely vote, and are sometimes even illegally barred from doing so. Why?
Meet the 15-year-old Harry Potter lookalike, Ukip’s first Goth and the Sikh who defected from Ed Miliband. Zed Nelson documents another side of Ukip.
Singer Paloma Faith says the anti-politics message of comedian Russell Brand is “irresponsible” because “the powerful will always vote”. She talks to Channel 4 News about power, music and sexuality.
George Osborne refuses to rule out a deal with Ukip after the general election in the event of a hung parliament, as Nigel Farage reveals a pact with the Conservatives could be possible.
Former BBC and ITV chairman Lord Grade accuses television channels of breaching impartiality rules by threatening to stage election debates without David Cameron.
Labour refuses to rule out a coalition with the Scottish National Party after the election, despite a poll suggesting that Ed Miliband is more unpopular in Scotland than David Cameron in Scotland.
Britain’s main broadcasters say they are sticking to plans for three televised leaders’ debates in the election campaign – a decision the prime minister’s spokesman called “disappointing”.