Despite George Osborne’s speech, the talk of the Tory party conference is still dominated by defections. Boris Johnson said any Conservatives thinking of joining Ukip’s ranks would be “utterly nuts”.
Nigel Farage is against UK air strikes in Iraq – but his deputy chair supports them. This illustrates several things about Ukip.
Torquay, with its many palm trees, is the most continental of English resorts. Yet this weekend it hosts the most uncontinental of British political parties: Ukip.
The Tories are back in Manchester. Political Correspondent Michael Crick looks at the challenges facing David Cameron and his team ahead of tomorrow’s party conference.
The tasks facing the Labour Party in Brighton this week are huge. Ed Miliband has to restore his authority after a disastrous summer, in which the Conservatives have gradually whittled Labour’s once-strong lead down to almost nothing.
There will be two themes to watch at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow: distancing from the Tories and possible flirtation with Labour.
Almost a million trade unionists affiliated to Labour would not not vote for the party, according to YouGov polling for Channel 4 News.
The latest from the Labour Party conference – including doorstepping Keith Vaz and hearing from Neil Kinnock how leading the party was “poison”.
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick picks out his highlights from the first day of the Labour Party conference.
A senior Liberal Democrat was chuckling to me that Sir Bob’s title seems to have done the trick though. Russell was quite a backbench rebel before his trip to Buckingham Palace.
One man who must be in agony over the Andrew Mitchell is his father, Sir David Mitchell, who was an Conservative MP for 33 years.
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.
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?
Some in UKIP are coming to fear the party is becoming a one-man band, and accuse Nigel Farage of developing into a dictator.
“This may seem incredibly trivial – what do three extra words really matter?”