Archive of articles from 2012

The Ten Worst MPs on Twitter: joint 4 - Mark Garnier

Mark Garnier

Mark Garnier

Nick Clegg 'pupil premium' speech in full

Nick Clegg: 'Our teachers are the key to an open and fair society; the key to the opportunity Britain I am determined we build.'

Read Nick Clegg's speech on the 'pupil premium' in full on politics.co.uk.

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Comment: Leveson shows need to limit media ownership

Matthew Ashton: 'Reducing the amount of the press in the hands of the few would help reduce their influence over government'

Press barons and corporations can't be allowed to hold so many media outlets.

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Ed Miliband Progress speech in full

Ed Miliband speech in full

Read Ed Miliband's controversial speech to Progress in full on politics.co.uk

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Comment: Criminology shows Rochdale abuse is not about race

Ewan Cameron: 'By focusing on race, we also run the risk of forgetting other well researched truths about sexual offending.'

The Rochdale men share much in common with sex offenders of all other ethnicities.

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Rebekah Brooks at Leveson as-it-happened

Rebekah Brooks at the height of the phone-hacking scandal which forced her resignation last summer

Review our live coverage of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks' evidence to the Leveson inquiry.

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The Week in Politics: Misery in the omnishambles

Fear and loathing: The government's misery in the omnishambles

Everywhere you look, the fates conspire against the government.

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The Political Week on Twitter: May 7th - 11th

The Political Week on Twitter: Coalition relaunch, Queen's Speech and LOL DC

It's been one of the busier weeks in politics, and the Twitterati has not been holding back. Here's our pick of the best tweets from the week the coalition rallied from an elections bashing with Cameron and Clegg's relaunch and a new legislative agenda.

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May 11th 1812: The untimely death of prime minister Spencer Perceval

Mr Perceval was shot point blank in the chest by John Billingham - a disgruntled merchant.

So what can we learn from the untimely death of the only prime minister to have been assassinated?

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Andy Coulson at Leveson as-it-happened

Coulson at Leveson live

Watch Andy Coulson's appearance at the Leveson inquiry with politics.co.uk.

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Sketch: Miliband grins when he's winning

The kind of gloating silent chuckle that must make him an insufferable Monopoly winner

Ed Miliband has an unusually gleeful grin, the kind of gloating silent chuckle that must make him an insufferable Monopoly winner.

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The Queen's Speech 2012 in full

The future laws of England and Wales: Queen's Speech 2012

The Queen's Speech in full on politics.co.uk

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Queen's Speech as-it-happened

Queen's Speech 2012 live as-it-happens

All the details of the state opening of parliament in politics.co.uk's live blog.

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Queen's Speech sketch: Lords didn't bat an eyelid as Her Maj announced their demise

Household Cavalry stand guard in parliament for the Queen's Speech

Only in this setting would a group of politicians, informed of their imminent demise, decline from yelling out their objections. In the presence of the Queen, at least, the Lords were keeping their noble mouths shut.

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Analysis: What's in the Queen's Speech and what does it mean?

The year ahead in politics: But has the government lost its mojo?

All the details of Queen's Speech 2012 and what it means for politics in the year ahead.

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Comment: Cameron's Hollande snub shows the immaturity of his foreign policy

Ian Dunt: 'The prime minister's judgement on foreign policy is deeply suspect. At best it is unseemly. At worse it is humiliating.'

The prime minister conducts foreign policy like a child in the play ground – making snap judgements which often are to his disadvantage.

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Comment: All three leaders face headaches after May 3rd

All three leaders face challenges and opportunities as a result of May 3rd's elections

The local election and referendum results present both challenges and opportunities for the leaders of Britain's three parties.

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Local and mayoral elections as-it-happened part two

Part two of local and mayoral elections as-it-happened

The second part of our story of the night

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Local elections 2012 rolling analysis

Rolling analysis of election results as they come in throughout Thursday and Friday

We've lined up a team of pollsters, academics, party political people, MPs, columnists and policy wonks who are helping us interpret the results throughout Thursday night and all through Friday.

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Local and mayoral elections as-it-happened

Voting takes place across the UK

The full story behind an explosive election.

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Comment: Whisper it – Ed Miliband could be prime minister

Ian Dunt: 'The rise of Ukip is dangerous for the Tories'

While Ukip splits the right-wing vote, the decline of the Lib Dems unifies the left.

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