Liberal Democrat backbench MP Adrian Sanders has attacked the party leadership for losing “a generation of young voters”, alienating “thousands of tactical voters” and a “lack of engagement”.
There has been a renewed barrage of criticism of the government’s tuition fees policy, which has been branded “a connoisseur’s cock-up”, “backfiring”, and “unfair and shambolic”.
Chris Huhne attacked the “lies” of the No to AV campaign Newsnight last night, and said engaging in the “politics of the gutter”, reports Shamik Das.
Shamik Das reports on today’s Yes to AV and No to AV press conferences, plus the latest opinion poll on the Alternative Vote referendum – showing a 16-point ‘No’ lead.
Barack Obama, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy injected fresh momentum into the Libya campaign today, saying there can be no peace with Colonel Gaddafi still in charge.
The BNP’s Simon Darby has claimed David Cameron’s much-hyped, much-trailed speech on immigration this morning is “advocating BNP policy”, reports Shamik Das.
David Lammy and Oona King hit the airwaves today to say the Oxford admissions debate should be about more than just race, reports Shamik Das.
New OECD data out today reveals the gap in voting rates between 16-35 year olds and those aged 55 or over is wider in Britain than elsewhere, and is three times the OECD average gap.
The major political issue this week has been the debate over the coalition’s health reforms, with Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Andrew Lansley seeking to reassure voters the NHS is safe in their hands.
Former News of the World phone hacker Paul McMullan gets secretly taped then gets destroyed by John Prescott on last night’s 10 O’Clock Live.
