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Are the Tories 'stuffed'?
May 11, 2010 9:46 am 6 Comments
The fact that one well-known Tory shadow cabinet member thinks the party is "stuffed" gives you some idea about trust levels and optimism among Conservatives, blogs Gary Gibbn.
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Mixed smoke signals at Westminster
May 10, 2010 3:52 pm 19 Comments
Gary Gibbon blogs on the latest developments on a day of talks at Westminster.
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Perhaps an outline deal today
10:47 am 5 Comments
Gary Gibbon blogs that one Tory MP told him his fellow MPs felt "the hand of history on our gonads", as the Conservatives and the Lib Dems aim to find a deal on joint-government
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A rare peacetime coalition – or a minority Tory government?
May 7, 2010 6:20 pm 10 Comments
In the wake of today's hung general election, face to face talks start tonight between the main parties. They could produce the sort of peacetime coalition it would normally take years to germinate, blogs Gary Gibbon
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David Cameron will speak at 2.30pm
11:26 am No Comments
Weighing up the options before David Cameron makes a statement at 2.30pm.
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Nick Clegg reaches out to the Tories – but how will they respond?
11:07 am 2 Comments
Nick Clegg speaks outside Lib Dem HQ - and makes an overture to the Tories.
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It's official: it's a hung parliament
9:49 am 5 Comments
With the Erith and Thamesmead result we now have a definitive piece of news - it will be a hung parliament, it can't mathematically be anything else.
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Hain on the anti-Tory coalition – but what about Gordon?
9:38 am No Comments
Peter Hain tells Gary Gibbon what might happen in coalition negotiations.
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Cameron heads for Downing Street – but his position could be relatively weak
6:39 am 2 Comments
Gary Gibbon blogs on how David Cameron looks set to move into Downing Street, but how he won't be in as strong a position as he would have wanted.
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Looking ahead to after the vote
May 5, 2010 5:49 pm 6 Comments
Am sitting in a Bristol car park waiting for the David Cameron rally that rounds off his campaign. Actually, rally over-states it. It’s been designed to be a relatively small affair. No-one does triumphalism in these circumstances…he is trying to convince people to help him over the line not pile another pointless vote on top [...]

