Gary Gibbon
Why Mandelson didn’t answer the phone
Gary Gibbon blogs on the memoirs of Peter Mandelson.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Gordon Brown’s ex-spin doctor gets a new job
Justin Forsyth, who was Gordon Brown’s head of communications at No. 10, has a new job – Chief Executive at Save the Children.
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Gary Gibbon
Gordon Brown is back in town
Former PM Gordon Brown is back in London, and visiting former colleagues.
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Labour race: Abbott steals show as Milibands do battle
As David Miliband fights his brother Ed, Political Editor Gary Gibbon explains the story behind the rivalry and how the first female black candidate could throw a spanner in the voting arithmetic.
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Jon Snow
Was this when coalition love first bloomed?
At the height of the MPs expenses scandal, the then Commons Speaker Michael Martin – himself under siege – agreed a meeting with the three main Westminster party leaders.
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Gary Gibbon
The long Labour leadership contest could harm David Miliband
Labour’s NEC has agreed a long contest, with the leader being crowned at the party’s conference in September, and a spending cap of £150,000.
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Ed Miliband battles brother to be Labour leader
Ed Miliband confirms he will stand in the Labour leadership contest, pitting him against his brother, as another rival Ed Balls tells Channel 4 News the battle will not be decided “in party meetings.”
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David Miliband launches Labour leader bid
David Miliband declares his candidacy for the Labour leadership following the general election and Gordon Brown’s resignation.
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Jon Snow
A pig flying down Whitehall?
We are in a time of omens in which we search for routes through the voters’ wisdom in refusing to trust any party to deliver us from the evil of deficits, writes Jon Snow.
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Gary Gibbon
A rare peacetime coalition – or a minority Tory government?
In the wake of today’s hung general election, face to face talks start tonight between the main parties. They could produce the sort of peacetime coalition it would normally take years to germinate, blogs Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Hain on the anti-Tory coalition – but what about Gordon?
Peter Hain tells Gary Gibbon what might happen in coalition negotiations.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron heads for Downing Street – but his position could be relatively weak
Gary Gibbon blogs on how David Cameron looks set to move into Downing Street, but how he won’t be in as strong a position as he would have wanted.
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Jon Snow
The missing leader
In the absence of a three leader debate on Channel 4, Messrs Clegg, Brown and Cameron pledged to do wide-ranging individual interviews with me for Channel 4 news. Interviews with Mr Clegg and Mr Brown duly took place on the agreed dates.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron may make it to Northern Ireland
Conservative leader David Cameron may make it through the ash to Northern Ireland – but how well will he be received?
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Gary Gibbon
When to sleep with the enemy?
With a hung parliament looming, the parties are having to consider what they will have to trim in order to be part of a minority government, blogs Gary Gibbon.
