Blog posts tagged "Election 2010"

May 24, 2011 11:53 am 2 Comments

"The Cabinet Secretary, I'm told, wants to make sure that civil servants are prepared for the Lib Dems downgrading cooperation to something way short of a coalition before 2015."

May 11, 2010 6:08 pm 2 Comments

A covert peak at Nick Clegg's negotiating notes will give little cheer to Labour.

4:43 pm 3 Comments

The Liberal Democrats' federal executive and the MPs are to meet at 7.30pm to discuss the coalition deal negotiated with the Conservatives.

2:51 pm 3 Comments

Andy Burnham, like David Blunkett, John Reid and Tom Harris, has spoken out against a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition.

11:16 am 15 Comments

The Tory shadow cabinet member who told me at 9am it was all over for Con-Libbery now acknowledges it would appear to be game very much back on.

May 7, 2010 1:25 pm 3 Comments

A very senior Lib Dem told us that an intermediary from No. 10 had contacted an intermediary from the Lib Dems to ask if there was any point hanging around and was told "no."

9:03 am 5 Comments

Gary Gibbon asks Lord Mandelson how long he thought Labour had to explore the possibilities of hanging on - he said a weekend felt about right, based on the precedent of February 1974.

May 4, 2010 1:23 pm 26 Comments

Will tactical votes in Labour-Conservative constituencies help Labour in the way they did in past elections?

10:37 am 1 Comment

Conservative leader David Cameron may make it through the ash to Northern Ireland - but how well will he be received?

May 3, 2010 2:24 pm 12 Comments

David Cameron is desperate to make 7 May look and feel like a moment of undisputed victory, the launch of a newly mandated Tory government, even if the results aren't crystal clear.