Michael Crick
Crick’s Picks: Tribalism, marriage and mugs
Michael Crick on the highlights of today at the Liberal Democrat party conference – from mugs, to Jon Cruddas’s about-turn, to Nick Clegg’s wedding anniversary.
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What role do think tanks play in Lib Dem policy?
Along with the politicians, press and party members, the Lib Dem conference will be awash with think tanks hoping to make their mark. But how do they influence policy and which appeal to Lib Dems?
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Ed Davey denies he is after Clegg’s job
In an interview with Cathy Newman at the Liberal Democrat party conference, Energy Secretary Ed Davey gives support to leader Nick Clegg, denying reports he is part of a secret plot to replace him.
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Gary Gibbon
Clegg waves at the left
Nick Clegg arrived at the Brighton Conference Centre a short while ago – shaking two police officers by the hand as he got out of the car … does he always do that or is it a special post-“pleb” innovation?
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Michael Crick
Crick’s picks of the Lib Dem conference
Plebs looks set to be the word to dominate both the Liberal Democrat and Labour conferences over the next fortnight. Which Lib Dem will get there first? Who will proudly confess to being a pleb?
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Lib Dem conference: Nick Clegg targets tax
As Lib Dems gather for their annual conference, the deputy prime minister will give a speech to demand lower taxes for low and middle income earners as well as more tax on unearned wealth.
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Gary Gibbon
Clegg’s apologist cavalry rides in
It might seem a bit rough that David Laws and Vince Cable have been sent out to apologise for the tuition fees policy in the 2010 manifesto.
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Top political spoof videos
The video remix of Nick Clegg’s apology over tuition fees has gone viral. Here are some of the other best political spoof videos.
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Gary Gibbon
‘Sorry’ from Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg’s apology over tuition fees is part of a plan to “big up” the Liberal Democrat leader at his party’s annual conference.
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Farewell GCSEs, welcome baccalaureates
As the government announces plans to replace GCSEs with a tougher, O-level style qualification in England, Channel 4 News looks at the advantages and disadvantages.
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Gary Gibbon
Ed Davey: The lowdown from a possible future Lib Dem leader
Has Ed Davey got it in him to be the next Lib Dem leader? Some insiders think so – come and make up your mind when Gary Gibbon interviews him at the Liberal Democrat party conference on 24 September.
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Gary Gibbon – ‘In Conversation’ with top politicians
Channel 4 News’s award-winning Political Editor Gary Gibbon is set to host long-form interviews with leading figures from each party during this year’s party conference season.
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Michael Crick
Cameron’s pledge on women ministers unlikely to be met
David Cameron seems, in effect, to have ditched his long-held pledge that one third of the members of his government will be women by the end of this parliament.
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Gary Gibbon
‘Nothing will change my mind’. Really, Mr Clegg?
With a cabinet reshuffle on the cards and calls from within the party to quit, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg faces tough decisions. Gary Gibbon reports on how he fared in front of colleagues
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Gary Gibbon
Who gets the goodbyes in the PM’s cabinet reshuffle?
The cabinet reshuffle’s hardly looking like it’ll be a curtain-raiser, Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports.
