Blog posts tagged "Lib Dems"

May 8, 2012 2:58 pm 5 Comments

Will he, won't he. Channel 4 News Politics Editor Gary Gibbon on how the wrangle for Lords reform at the heart of the coalition government threatens to bring an abrupt halt to changes at the Commons.

April 19, 2012 9:38 pm 1 Comment

Channel 4 News Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, on the battle for reform of the House of Lords at the heart of the government

March 19, 2012 1:55 pm 7 Comments

Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on David Cameron's proposals for greater private sector involvement in Britain's roads

March 5, 2012 3:01 pm 4 Comments

A lot of pre-Budget kite-flying going on. Always a danger that you raise expectations with exercises like that and then find you can't deliver on them. On child benefit, the Treasury seems to be looking at a number of ways of ameliorating the child benefit removal for 40 per cent tax payers. All of them look pretty expensive. The plan is to have something ready to announce in the Budget on 21 March.

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Just been to a rather surreal launch of Lembit Opik's latest book - "The Alernative View". The former MP suggests the party should dump Nick Clegg as its leader before the general election (but - a little bizarrely - keep him as DPM). The fundamental argument is that "Orange Book Liberalism" (or "muscular liberalism") is wrong-headed and the party needs to get back to its libertarian and land-taxing roots.

September 20, 2011 5:22 pm 2 Comments

Liberal Democrat President Tim Farron tells Channel 4 Political Editor Gary Gibbon he regrets saying his party was destined for a divorce from the Conservatives.

September 19, 2011 2:18 pm 4 Comments

Vince Cable tells a fringe meeting of the party conference that Europe's financial crisis requires still deeper integration.

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Gary Gibbon on how the Lib Dems are trying to put clear blue water between themselves and the Conservatives.

July 21, 2011 11:39 am 8 Comments

As Nick Clegg talks to journalists about the hacking scandal, our Political Editor wonders whether he missed his chance to make a mark.

June 15, 2011 11:02 am 2 Comments

Will the chaotic photo-op at Guy's Hospital be the last run-out for the Cameron-Clegg double act, asks our Political Editor.