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Badly burnt by what happened the last time, the Tories set out to sabotage the negotiations sought by broadcasters and other parties to discuss the format right from the start

There’s a campaign narrative available to Ed Miliband as the plucky challenger battling some formidable odds

A plucky challenger battling some formidable odds

The rise of Ukip is a British phenomenon and part of an international trend

The renegotiation process is about to get a whole lot grittier as the prime minister finally puts his position in writing, but what he wants and whether he will get it remain to be seen

Stage set for a struggle that will be furnace-hot as well as narrowly fought

If the prime minister asks the Commons to sanction air strikes, many Labour MPs will back him over their own leader

Subject Ukip to the robust interrogation of policies and postures

The Labour leader desperately needs Murphy to revive the demoralised party in Scotland and shore up his chances of becoming the next PM

A deal can be done on EU reform, but it is not one that will ever satisfy the Tory Europhobes

The Lib Dems cling on to Clegg for fear of something worse

The critical actor in Cameron’s failure was his supposed greatest friend, Merkel