Archive: Party Politics

Analysis: Labour's long and winding road to power

Gideon Skinner and James Stannard of Ipsos Mori

Ed Miliband's party still has some way to go to feel confident that they have completely regained the public's trust.

Analysis: The voters love me, the voters love me not

Analysis: Core support is hurting Miliband, but helping Cameron

The secret campaign to silence critics of NHS reform

PMQs: Cameron claims ally in Socialist Hollande

David Cameron suggested to that MPs Francois Hollande agreed with Britain's spending cuts policy

Ed Miliband has mocked David Cameron for claiming new French president Francois Hollande as an ally in this week's prime minister's questions.

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PMQs as-it-happened

Prime minister's questions as it happens

Review our live blog as David Cameron and Ed Miliband lock horns at PMQs for the first time since the 2012 Queen's Speech.

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Local elections 2012: Big wins for Labour boost confidence in Miliband

Labour had a good night in the local elections

Ed Miliband's party is continuing to make solid gains across England, as local election results continue to hammer the coalition's Conservative and Liberal Democrats.

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As-it-happened: Murdoch at Leveson, Jeremy Hunt statement and PMQs

Protesters from the campaign group 'Avaaz' demonstrate outside the high court

Review our live coverage of Rupert Murdoch's appearance before the Leveson inquiry - as well as prime minister's questions from midday.

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Galloway hits out at 'complacent' Westminster elites

George Galloway before taking his seat in parliament earlier this week

George Galloway has attacked Westminster's politicians as complacent and narcissistic in an uncompromising comment piece for politics.co.uk, three weeks after his by-election victory in Bradford West.

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PMQs sketch: Doing down the Budget

Opening Osborne's box has caused a lot of trouble for the coalition

If this Budget were an underfire minister, it would have to resign.

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Cameron ready for 'full-throttle fight' in local elections

Conservatives on the election trail once again

David Cameron chose attack as the best form of defence as he launched the Conservatives' local elections campaign.

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politics.co.uk podcast: A tough start to 2012

It's the Easter weekend - but politics is never far away...

It's the Easter recess, so we're taking the opportunity to look back at the first three months of the year for our podcast this week.

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Political savvy linked to toe size

Researchers say they have nailed this one

Politicians with large big toes are more likely to succeed at the ballot box, according to fresh research.

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End-of-term report: Britain is limping through 2012

The coalition is leaking political capital. British society continues to fragment. This year, it's fair to say, has got off to a faltering start.

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PMQs sketch: Punchy Clegg is the right kind of lightweight

Like John Cleese at his most agitated, or a prize fighter skipping around the ring

With David Cameron off in Washington trying to alter the leader of the free world's initial impression that he is a bit of a lightweight, this was an opportunity for Clegg to prove his own fighting credentials.

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PMQs as-it-happened

Read our coverage of David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashing in PMQs - and paying tribute to HM the Queen.

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Analysis: The voters love me, the voters love me not

Gideon Skinner is head of politics at Ipsos Mori

Ipsos Mori's latest Political Monitor shows Labour regaining the lead over the Conservatives, but none of the party leaders will be completely happy with their situation.

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PMQs as-it-happened

Review our live coverage of this week's prime minister's questions, with Ed Miliband taking on David Cameron once more.

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The secret campaign to silence critics of NHS reform

Lansley is struggling to explain his NHS reforms to critics

Leading critics of NHS reform are being silenced in a bid to kill off dissent, according to figures in the health service.

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The week in politics: Man's inhumanity to man

Bashar al-Assad - the biggest villain this week of them all

Politics is always about enemies. This week the villains of the piece seemed to assume a central role, as MPs faced sinister adversaries both within and without government.

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