April 2010

The leaders’ debates: a good idea, but get them right in 2015

Britain finally adopted leaders' debates in the 2010 general election – and life may never be…
General election 2010: The Guardian asks readers which party it should support

The Guardian has asked readers and staff for their views on which party (if any) the…
Memo to political canvassers: be more like us!

The Liberal Democrats were out in force today in Chalfont St Giles as Cleggmania swept Britain.…
Don’t fear a hung parliament. The pound will cope

The Tories have been desperate to convince people that a hung parliament would be a disaster.…
The TV and social media election

It was billed as the social media election. Yet television – invented the year my father…
Not a plane in sight: five days under clear blue skies

For five days, Britain enjoyed surreally clear blue skies as the sun shone and aircraft were banished…
Eyjafjallajökull volcano chaos reveals crazy world of UK travel insurance

Eyjafjallajökull. It's a name few newsreaders have attempted to pronounce. But there's no doubting the chaos this Icelandic…
Social media comes of age: a day at Don’t Panic’s latest event

Social media is now part of the mainstream. Last week’s conference about strategic social media, run…
The election leaders’ debate: making up for our democratic deficit?

History was made tonight as Britain held its first leaders' election debate. (Or more accurately, the first…
Is Jeremy Paxman over the hill? Clegg survives the lion’s den

Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman is Britain's most feared television interviewer. He destroyed BBC director general Mark Thompson…