At 2am BST, we will see the first Presidential Debate, it is scheduled to last for 90 minutes. In the UK, the following channels are showing the debate live. BBC News Sky News CNN CNBC Fox News Sky News’ & CNN’s programming begins at 1am. UK viewers will also be able to watch a live stream of the debate from The BBC News Channel here. This is the first of the debates, the format of this and subsequent debates can…
David Herdson asks “Is Obama really so assured of some swingback?” Conventions come and conventions go. Providing they go more or less to plan, the candidate will receive a short-term bounce in the polls, some favourable coverage in the media and a reinvigorated campaign. Such has been largely the lot of Mitt Romney this last week and such will likely be the case for Barack Obama next. Romney has either closed the gap or taken a slight lead, depending on…
Home of the web’s best political conversation Relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events. If you’ve always been a lurker, stop leaving an Invisible Touch, why not  start posting Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, your first post could be the genesis of something great. The round up of recent events. The Guardian says the reshuffle is expected next week Tony Blair set to return to the House of Commons We’ve found the one person in the country who has…
Henry G Manson asks could Clegg’s wealth tax cause trouble for rival parties? It would be easy to dismiss Nick Clegg’s demand for a new emergency tax on the wealthy as a gimmick that won’t last longer than the soggy sausage rolls of his party conference. Very easy. The detail isn’t there, his party’s spokesmen are unaware of the what it involves yet and there is the uncomfortable fact that the he signed up to the cut in the top…
Home of the web’s best political conversation Relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events. If you’ve always been a lurker, and if you’re “Making Your Mind Up” on whether to post or not, why not  start posting tonight? The round up of recent events. Paddy Ashdown writes in tomorrow’s Guardian that, Liberal Democrats must back Nick Clegg and let him finish the job, The Lib Dem leader challenged us to change from a party of opposition to one capable…
This morning, Vince Cable’s outrider, Lord Oakeshott gave an interview on Radio Four’s Today show. This has lead to headlines like “Ditch Nick Clegg or be cast into electoral oblivion, senior Lib Dem tells party” and Nick Clegg must go, warns senior Liberal Democrat, Nick Clegg must be ousted as leader by the Liberal Democrats if they are to avoid electoral disaster in 2015, a senior party figure indicated today. Some of the highlights of Lord Oakeshott’s interview. It was time…
Henry G Manson asks could Clegg’s wealth tax cause trouble for rival parties? It would be easy to dismiss Nick Clegg’s demand for a new emergency tax on the wealthy as a gimmick that won’t last longer than the soggy sausage rolls of his party conference. Very easy. The detail isn’t there, his party’s spokesmen are unaware of the what it involves yet and there is the uncomfortable fact that the he signed up to the cut in the top…