Gary Gibbon
Clegg attacks ‘un-British’ grievance politics
Nick Clegg revealed that George Osborne, when he refused to implement a bigger tax threshold leap in the 2012 budget, said: “I don’t want to deliver a Lib Dem budget.”
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Farage invited to join other party leaders in TV debate
Ukip leader Nigel Farage could appear alongside David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg in a pre-election TV debate. Will he be able to sway young voters?
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What do young people think of Ukip?
Ukip has won its first by-election at the Conservatives’ expense and finished just behind Labour in another parliamentary seat. So is it a case of onwards and upwards for Nigel Farage’s party?
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Gary Gibbon
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Michael Crick
Why isn’t Labour going for Rochester?
By playing it low-key in various by-elections, Labour could be in danger of feeding the Ukip beast, only to find the creature turns round later and bites them too.
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Nick Clegg: ‘Lib Dems have extraordinary record’
Nick Clegg tells his party’s annual conference that despite failing to scrap tuition fees, the Liberal Democrats should be proud of their record in government.
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Gary Gibbon
How are the Lib Dems defending their seats?
This morning I left the conference venue to take a look at one of the seats the Lib Dems are defending in Scotland.
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Nick Clegg: ‘I’m more anti-establishment now’
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says Westminster is “dangerously out of step” with modern Britain and he has become more anti-establishment since joining the coalition government.
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Vince Cable: ‘I didn’t call them liars’
As the Liberal Democrats ramp up the offensive against their coalition partners, Business Secretary Vince Cable talks to Channel 4 News about Lib Dem plans to tax the rich.
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Gary Gibbon
Lib Dems adopt grim determination… and shirt sleeves
Danny Alexander is not without ambition. Over time he has tried various tactics to convince Lib Dems that they should take him to their hearts and consider him future leadership material.
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Gary Gibbon
Lib Dems – despite it all, still game?
Thousands poured into the area around the Lib Dem Conference in Glasgow at lunchtime, just as the debates were getting under way. Alas for the Lib Dems they were here to see live comedy next door…
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Michael Crick
A year of extraordinary votes
Alex Salmond and Nigel Farage have seized the chance. Both are charismatic, cheeky-chappy personalities and outsider politicians who’ve brilliantly exploited public disgust with old politics.
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Cathy Newman
Indyref countdown: ‘It’s a battle between my head and my heart’
There are only days to go before the referendum, and the pace shows no signs of slowing. Even when it involves climbing to the top of Arthur’s Seat.
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Gary Gibbon
Will ‘almost federal’ offer to Scots change votes?
You find quite a few late-surge yes supporters saying they wish that devo max had been on the ballot paper.
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Gary Gibbon
Will devolution process turn ‘switherers’?
Labour decided the best interests of the cross-party agreement on fast-tracked devolution would be served if they slipped the announcement out early from the lips of Gordon Brown.
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Coalition split over controversial ‘bedroom tax’
The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives clash over a Commons bill that is seeking to reform the government’s so-called “bedroom tax”.
