The Lib Dems are at their lowest level of support for 25 years. As a new poll puts them on just 6 per cent, Michael Crick takes his pink Cadillac to Chippenham to find out why the slump.
Former Ukip MEP Amjad Bashir says racism allegations against the party “on a daily basis” began to concern him, after defecting to the Conservative Party today. He denies having “extremist” ties.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage exclusively tells Channel 4 News that he had possibly been “too soft” in not suspending Amjad Bashir earlier, who defected to the Conservative Party amid suspension claims.
Cathy Newman
When the Greens lambast “austerity and welfare cuts” and bang on about “privatisation of essential services”, it’s traditional Labour voters who may well be sitting up and listening.
As the row over the general election debates puts it in the political spotlight, the Green Party gains more than 2,000 new members in the last day alone, overtaking both Ukip and LibDems.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage faces a new opponent in Thanet South where the comedian Al Murray says he will stand in the general election in the guise of his comic character The Pub Landlord.
Ofcom says Ukip could be classed as a “major party” ahead of the general election – but the Greens will miss out. Is that fair?
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron thinks if he’s having to put up with Nigel Farage pulling away votes from him in a debate, Labour should have to put up with the Greens stealing votes off them too.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage tells Channel 4 News that the attack on a French satirical magazine that killed 12, is the result of a “fifth column… holding our passports, that hate us.”
Who were the heroes and villains of 2014 for Channel 4 News’s award-winning FactCheck blog?
Roger Bird wanted to keep his job, but concluded that the allegations and subsequent inquiry left him in an impossible position.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage blames high levels of immigration and congestion on the M4 for missing a reception to meet supporters in Port Talbot ahead of the party’s first Welsh conference.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage tells LBC women breastfeeding in public should “perhaps sit in the corner” because some people are “embarrassed” by it – later saying it is just a question of “good manners”.
As politicians past and present reveal Christmas card designs to be sent to friends and family, Channel 4 News takes a look at other excruciating festive efforts from years gone by.
If Ukip can win in Rochester, they can win anywhere, according to Nigel Farage. Could the rest of England turn purple next year?