Obama triumphs – but tough times ahead
A remarkable day culminating in a win for Barack Obama, but can the president create real change? Jon Snow blogs from Washington DC.
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Was this when coalition love first bloomed?
At the height of the MPs expenses scandal, the then Commons Speaker Michael Martin – himself under siege – agreed a meeting with the three main Westminster party leaders.
None of the above
Perhaps I was right first time round – this did prove to be thus far the “none of the above” election. At 2.30 am that’s what it looks like with 112 seats declared. The XFactor
Hung says the exit poll
Mmm hung say the exit polls – read my Snowblog re the Year of The Broken Swing. I am deluded enough to believe that this is the year of the seat by seat election – conventional polling,
Signalling the end to the campaign trail
I came to after my post-debate reverie on the 17th floor of the Radisson Hotel in Birmingham at 6:05am to the dulcet tones of Evan Davis and the Today Programme. Had a bath, caught the 6:30am to
A very good day for burying bad news
Whilst the rest of us were yesterday marking that benchmark moment in our democracy when an election is called, the House of Lords was the scene of an awful climax to their Lordships’ expenses
The rogue elephant election
It predated the age of the Prime Ministerial Jag – if my memory serves, it was a Humber Super Snipe. The sense of excitement and anticipation was palpable. Ted Heath was spectacularly
OK, so I'm biased. I shall be supporting the underdog
Jon Snow writes from Hull as he addresses the issue of bias.
On the road in Luton
I am on the road in UK PLC taking the temperature ahead of the impending election. Luton is to be my first stop – I catch the 22.32 train from London’s St Pancras. What a station; what a
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