Comment: Clegg will be the Atlee of the Lib Dems

Clegg may be kingmaker but every option leads to oblivion. By Ian Dunt It’s said that the greatest irony of the election is that the Liberal Democrats ended a poor showing with the greatest power they have ever had. It’s true, but the greater irony is that Nick Clegg is now both kingmaker and victim. […]

Comment: Cameron might never get into No 10

Who’d have thought it? We might never have to live under a Cameron government. By Jane Fae Is it possible – is it really just possible – that David Cameron will never see the inside of No. 10? At least, not as anything other than a very distinguished guest at one of the prime minister’s […]

Comment: Where did the Tories go wrong?

Cameron rejected liberalism on the campaign trail. Now, he has to embrace it. By Aled Thomas Tory grandees, and their friends in the press, have been continuing to assert that the party has won the election. But it hasn’t. The point of standing is to win enough seats to form a government, which it wasn’t […]

Local elections 2010: Sally Bercow loses council race

By Aled Thomas Sally Bercow, wife of Commons’ speaker John Bercow, has failed in her attempt to become a councillor in London. Ms Bercow, who faced some criticism for being a Labour activist married to a Conservative MP, was standing for Labour in the St James ward of Westminster City Council. She polled 868 votes, […]

Local elections 2010: Tories remain dominant local force

By Alex Stevenson A strong Labour performance in local government elections has bucked the national trend, but the Conservatives have insisted they are still the dominant party in local politics. The Tories lost eight councils but still controlled 65 councils compared to Labour’s 36 and the Lib Dems’ 13. “We have retained our position as […]

Local elections 2010: BNP ‘wiped out’

By Ian Dunt The BNP have been decimated in a disastrous night for the far-right party. “We’ve been wiped out,” leader Nick Griffin admitted on the Today programme after discovering his party had lost all 12 of its seats on Barking and Dagenham council. The loss in the area mirrored Mr Griffin’s drubbing at the […]

Election 2010: Dust settles, negotiations continue

By Ian Dunt Nick Clegg and David Cameron have met to try to trash out the terms of a Lib Dem-Conservative coalition. The two men met fro around 70 minutes in Admiralty House in Westminster. Both parties described the meeting as “constructive and amicable”. In an email to supporters, Mr Cameron said: “Inevitably, these negotiations […]

Video: Exclusive Nick Clegg interview

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Sketch: Clegg’s craven courtiers

Being at the mercy of Nick ‘Kingmaker’ Clegg is never pleasant, as both Gordon Brown and David Cameron effectively conveyed the afternoon after the night before. By Alex Stevenson On this day of all days, the pair are united by one thing only: their miserable discomfort at being at Clegg’s mercy. For much of the […]

GE 2010 Analysis: How secure is each party leader?

None of the three main party leaders is safe today. Each one faces challenges from within their own party. By Matthew West Gordon Brown is clearly the most obviously at risk among the three leaders. Having achieved 30% of the popular vote and having already survived four attempts to get rid of him as leader […]