The most dramatic story in Eastleigh has been Ukip – the party looks set to achieve its highest ever vote in a Westminster election, surpassing the 21.7 per cent it got in Rotherham last year.
It is the final day of campaigning ahead of the Eastleigh by-election and each party has its own impression of what the voters will say, as Political Correspondent Michael Crick reports.
Nick Clegg changes his previous statement on the reasons for Lord Rennard’s resignation as party chief executive in 2008, saying rumours about the peer were “in the background”.
Gary Gibbon
There’s an acknowledgement from his team that they got it wrong in dealing with Lib Dem women’ complaints and that could be something Nick Clegg says tomorrow.
Nick Clegg refuses to give “running commentary” on the Lord Rennard allegations as the Lib Dems suffer their lowest-ever national poll rating less than two days before critical Eastleigh by-election.
Political Correspondent Michael Crick questions former Liberal Democrat leaders Charles Kennedy and Lord Ashdown about the allegations surrounding Lord Rennard. Would they have handled it differently?
The former Liberal Democrat chief executive says he refutes allegations of sexual impropriety which were first reported on Channel 4 News, and will co-operate with any “properly constituted inquiry”.
Gary Gibbon
Did Lord Rennard’s departure as Lib Dem chief executive on health grounds have a hidden benefit for party officials in the face of allegations about his behaviour?
I’ve lost count of the tweets, interviews, blogs and longer articles questioning the timing of our investigation into Lord Rennard.
The Metropolitan police are looking at allegations against former Liberal Democrat chief executive Lord Rennard and are considering if any criminal activity has taken place.
The Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes tells Channel 4 News the party needs to know “if there have been other people who haven’t come forward”.
Nick Clegg is expected to say he did know about general rumours surrounding Lord Rennard which were broadcast by Channel 4 News.
The Liberal Democrats deny Nick Clegg knew about a series of complaints against the party’s former chief executive Lord Rennard broadcast by Channel 4 News.
Shooting down headlines about a sex scandal is the last thing Nick Clegg wants to be doing when he should be turning his fire on political opponents in a by-election campaign, writes Cathy Newman.
Nick Clegg admits he had been aware of “indirect and non-specific concerns” regarding Lord Rennard but, as Cathy Newman writes, there are still plenty of questions for the deputy prime minister.