PM 'won't rule out' board quotas

bbc 10-FEB-12

The credibility of politics itself will be in the dock with Huhne

telegraph 04-FEB-12

Iran's supreme leader vows to confront 'cancerous tumour' of Israel

telegraph 03-FEB-12

Chris Huhne and ex-wife to face court showdown

telegraph 03-FEB-12

Huhne Speeding Charge Decision Due

skynews 02-FEB-12

Welfare changes are fair, says PM

bbc 01-FEB-12

Fred Goodwin is stripped of his knighthood for RBS failure - the biggest corporate disaster in British history

dailymail 31-JAN-12

RBS chairman waives $2.2 million bonus after Hester row (Reuters)

news 28-JAN-12

Union fury at bumper bonus of almost £1million for RBS boss

themirror 27-JAN-12

Retail sales bounce in December 11:27 Volume rises by 2.1 per cent compared with November, but retailers warn of tough year a

irishtimes 27-JAN-12

Parents dig ever deeper for their offspring as cost of raising a child soars to £218,000

dailymail 26-JAN-12

Alex Salmond: Scotland could be independent by 2016

telegraph 25-JAN-12

Human rights being distorted - PM

bbc 25-JAN-12

Andrew Lansley: Nurses only opposed to NHS reform 'because of pension changes'

telegraph 24-JAN-12

Israel holds Hamas Jerusalem MPs

bbc 23-JAN-12

Benefit cap suffers Lords defeat

bbc 23-JAN-12

Ashdown will oppose benefits cap

bbc 22-JAN-12

Health reforms face new criticism from Conservative-led committee

telegraph 22-JAN-12

Ed Miliband can't beat the Conservatives, but his brother can, a poll suggests

telegraph 22-JAN-12

Cameron's 'moral capitalism' vision

belfasttelegraph 19-JAN-12

EU report calls for action over Israeli settlement growth

guardian 18-JAN-12

Boris Island Airport Plans Set For Discussion

ananova 18-JAN-12

Jordan's king to meet Obama to advance Mideast peace talks

cnn 17-JAN-12

Israel criticises Clegg comments

bbc 16-JAN-12

Gove: Queen deserves £60m yacht for Queen

independent 16-JAN-12

Scottish independence vote could hit finance industry

telegraph 15-JAN-12

Party leaders promise to leave a tenth of their cash to charity

telegraph 15-JAN-12

Eurozone nations hit with credit rating downgrades

euronews 14-JAN-12

Lobbyists will be forced to sign up to a register and sign code of conduct to stamp out the 'next big scandal'

dailymail 14-JAN-12

Salmond at British Irish summit

bbc 13-JAN-12

INTERNATIONAL: Libya boosts UN civilian protection

oxfordanalytica 13-JAN-12

Child poverty report: Over 50 per cent of children are 'living in poverty' in UK's poorest areas

dailymail 10-JAN-12

Fury at 'traitor' Nick Clegg over treaty

thesun 10-JAN-12

Berlin to host talks on eurozone debt crisis

RTERadio 09-JAN-12

Cameron denies referendum 'interference'

independent 09-JAN-12

Shareholders will get veto on boardroom pay

independent 08-JAN-12

Cameron pledge on EU institutions

bbc 06-JAN-12

Abbott sorry for Twitter race row

bbc 05-JAN-12

Britain ‘happy’ to have stayed out of the euro

arabtimes 28-DEC-11

Balls urges 'Lib-Lab coalition'

bbc 21-DEC-11

Tax row leaves David Cameron and Nick Clegg at war over married couples

telegraph 18-DEC-11

Miliband woe as Cameron soars to a six-point poll lead after his hardline stand on Europe

dailymail 18-DEC-11

Euro ministers to hold debt talks

channelnewsasia 18-DEC-11

French are felled by triple whammy: Now it's Sarkozy who's out on a limb as UK banks pull funds, Germans side with Cameron and CLEGG attacks their PM

dailymail 17-DEC-11

Writer Christopher Hitchens dead at 62

montrealgazette 17-DEC-11

British Comedy Awards: Inbetweeners takes outstanding achievement prize

guardian 17-DEC-11

Atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens dead at 62 (Reuters)

news 16-DEC-11

Debt crisis: as it happened December 14, 2011

telegraph 15-DEC-11

Clegg returns to Cameron's side

thesun 14-DEC-11

Coalition at odds as Nick Clegg snubs David Cameron

telegraph 13-DEC-11

Cameron to face MPs over EU veto

bbc 12-DEC-11

09:41 New UN climate deal agreed at Durban talks

irishtimes 11-DEC-11

Nick Clegg attacks Cameron's EU treaty veto as bad for jobs and families

telegraph 11-DEC-11

EU summit: A day for Britain to salute David Cameron

dailymail 10-DEC-11

Britain alone in opposing EU treaty changes

aljazeera 09-DEC-11

Euro failure is 'luxury we can't afford,' Sarkozy warns

cnn 08-DEC-11

VIDEO: McKinnon's mother on extradition reform

bbc 06-DEC-11

France and Germany agree on EU reforms

RTERadio 05-DEC-11

Downing St insists there will be no EU referendum despite Iain Duncan Smith's demands

telegraph 05-DEC-11

Equal representation IS democracy: Cherie Blair insists Britain doesn't match Tunisia on equality

dailymail 05-DEC-11

Nick Clegg 'sloganeering' over means testing pensioners

telegraph 05-DEC-11

University fees lowered to fill degree courses

telegraph 03-DEC-11

EU referendum moment of truth: Demands grow as France and Germany 'sideline' UK

dailymail 03-DEC-11

Autumn Statement 2011: key points

telegraph 29-NOV-11

Thousands set for pensions strike

bbc 29-NOV-11

Police response 'fuelled riots'

bbc 28-NOV-11

Free schools set for extra £600m

bbc 26-NOV-11

Nick Clegg: Tackling youth unemployment 'is the best way to spend public money'

telegraph 25-NOV-11

Strike threatens Heathrow chaos

bbc 25-NOV-11

First-time buyers could see deposits slashed to 5% under Cameron's £400m plan to underwrite mortgages

dailymail 21-NOV-11

Government to revive right-to-buy scheme with discounts up to 50 pc

telegraph 19-NOV-11

Northern Rock bank sold to Virgin

bbc 17-NOV-11

David Cameron launches £1million engineering prize

telegraph 17-NOV-11

The 'British' Germans the war left behind

bbc 16-NOV-11

Scotland remembers its war dead

bbc 13-NOV-11

UK 'will keep pressure on Iran'

bbc 03-NOV-11

Directors' pay "up 50% in year"

bbc 28-OCT-11

[-said that]: The combination of enviable wind, wave and tidal power, a world-beating research base and a proud history of engineering give the UK a clear competitive edge.

ibtimes 06-FEB-12

[said:]: The race is on to lead the world in clean, green energy. Last year we saw record-breaking global investment in renewables - outstripping the cash piled into fossil fuels. The new economic powerhouses - China, India, Korea, Brazil - are now serious contenders for that capital.

24dash 06-FEB-12

[said:]: I'm incredibly disappointed, bitterly disappointed by the veto put in by Russia and China.

independent 06-FEB-12

[said:]: It is immensely frustrating that the <name id=

telegraph 06-FEB-12

[said:]: I fully understand your decision to stand down from Government in order to clear your name, but I hope you will be able to do so rapidly so that you can return to play a key role in Government as soon as possible.

express 04-FEB-12

[ says]: right man

guardian 03-FEB-12

[said:]: I worry that there will be a military conflict and that certain countries might take matters into their own hands.

ibtimes 03-FEB-12

[said:]: I totally understand and respect why Chris Huhne has stood down from his position in Government to clear his name.

thesun 03-FEB-12

[added:]: I don’t have a crystal ball. All I can tell you is he made it clear to me he’s innocent.

themirror 03-FEB-12

[-told]: In the event of somebody being charged with a criminal offense, they would have to leave the government,

bloomberg 02-FEB-12

[added:]: Devolution is not a tablet of stone it is a process, there are so many devolved states around the world. Look at Spain, for instance. Catalonia is often cited as an example of possible Scottish devolution. It is a process not a fixed point.

telegraph 02-FEB-12

[said:]: Some bankers have decided not to take a bonus this year, like the chief executive of Lloyds. It’s up to Stephen Hester, frankly, that’s his individual decision.

icWales 28-JAN-12

[ said]: It's up to Stephen Hester, frankly; that's his individual decision,

AP 27-JAN-12

[said:]: There's a very strong emphasis in Brian's campaign drawing on his 30 years' experience as someone who actually knows what it's like to police London, which of course his two rivals don't possess.

guardian 27-JAN-12

[states:]: Contributory employment and support allowance is a benefit given to people who have had to stop work due to ill health or disability , but who are well enough to return to work at some point. It is only given to those who have paid sufficient national insurance Contributions during their working life. Some disabled people will be able to return to work, but many will need more time and support to do so.

guardian 27-JAN-12

[-said]: People look to the Liberal Democrats to keep this coalition anchored in the center ground,

bloomberg 26-JAN-12

[-said]: This rebalancing will necessitate reform across the tax system so that those who are better off, or who act in ways that damage our environment, pay their fair share.

bloomberg 26-JAN-12

[-said]: I want the coalition to go further and faster in delivering the full 10,000-pound allowance,

bloomberg 26-JAN-12

[-said]: I know which side of the line I stand on - Britain's tax system cannot go on like this, with those at the top claiming the reliefs, enjoying the allowances, paying other people to find the loopholes, while everyone else pays through the nose.

xinhuanet_en 26-JAN-12

[said:]: I know the mansion tax is controversial, but who honestly believes it is right that an oligarch pays just double the council tax of an average homeowner even if their house is worth 100 times as much?

independent 26-JAN-12

[-said]: It’s a tax cut for pretty well everyone up to 100,000 pounds,

bloomberg 26-JAN-12

[-told]: These beliefs have animated the British people for centuries – and they animate us today.

guardian 25-JAN-12

[said:]: It is fantastic news that McDonald's is creating 2,500 new jobs in the UK - and that over half of these posts will go to young people.

ananova 24-JAN-12

[said:]: Of course we need to look at transitional arrangements; Iain Duncan Smith has made it quite clear that we need to do that and look at the place of children who are born if you like - into another set of rules.

telegraph 23-JAN-12

[said:]: Of course we need to look at transitional arrangements; Iain Duncan Smith has made it quite clear that we need to do that and look at the place of children who are born if you like into another set of rules.

telegraph 23-JAN-12

[-said]: I want this government to be absolutely rooted in the central ground of British politics on the side of hard-pressed, hard-working families,

bloomberg 22-JAN-12

[-said]: We think that is part of a patchwork of measures which would over time make the tax system fairer because it would ask people who have got very considerable wealth to make a greater contribution,

bloomberg 22-JAN-12

[-said]: The central argument, which is one that I fully support and I completely back Iain Duncan Smith on this, is to say it surely can’t be fair, it can’t be right, that you can be earning more on benefits that someone going out and earning 35,000 pounds,

bloomberg 22-JAN-12

[-said]: We’ve been very, very clear that in RBS, and for that matter in other banks, the bonus pool has to be considerably lower than last year,

bloomberg 22-JAN-12

[ said]: The tax system shouldn't be constantly catering for the very small fraction of people at the top,

telegraph 22-JAN-12

[said:]: I do

independent 22-JAN-12

[said:]: We have been very, very clear that in RBS - and for that matter in other banks - the bonus pool has got to be considerably lower than it was last year,

dailymail 22-JAN-12

[ said]: As the debate on a more responsible capitalism moves forward, Liberals will remain set ... an end to crony capitalism, where vested interests trump the national interest,

ibtimes 19-JAN-12

[said:]: We're not in favour of building an estuary airport. We believe the environmental and cost implications mean it's not viable but we're prepared for the issues to be considered as part of a wider consultation.

ananova 18-JAN-12

[ said]: The continued existence of illegal settlements risks making facts on the ground such that a two-state solution becomes unviable,

jpost 18-JAN-12

[ said]: Once you’ve placed physical facts on the ground, that makes it impossible to deliver something that everyone has for years agreed is the ultimate destination. ... It is an act of deliberate vandalism to the basic premise on which negotiations have taken place for years and years and years,

examiner 17-JAN-12

[-said]: Of course, time is of the essence; there must be speed .... Settlements have to stop in order for us to be able to continue our negotiations; to come to some sort of solution.

news 17-JAN-12

[ said]: The continued existence of illegal settlements risks making facts on the ground such that a two- state solution becomes unviable,

examiner 17-JAN-12

[-told]: Once you place physical facts on the ground which make it impossible to deliver what everyone has for years agreed is the ultimate destination, then you do immense damage,

dailytimesPK 17-JAN-12

[-said]: If there was any time for real progress, then it is now at a time when so much change and transformation has taken place throughout the region,

dailytimesPK 17-JAN-12

[-said]: Once you've placed physical facts on the ground that makes it impossible to deliver something that everyone has for years agreed is the ultimate destination. ... It is an act of deliberate vandalism to the basic premise on which negotiations have taken place for years and years and years,

news 17-JAN-12

[-said]: It is an act of deliberate vandalism to the basic premise on which negotiations have taken place for years and years and years,

javno 17-JAN-12

[-noted]: no stronger supporter ... than myself,

javno 17-JAN-12

[ said]: Once you've placed physical facts on the ground that make it impossible to deliver something that everyone has for years agreed is the ultimate destination [a two-state solution],

albawaba 17-JAN-12

[-told]: Most people in the country would think the diamond jubilee is a wonderful occasion for us to celebrate together as a community and as a nation,

news 16-JAN-12

[ said]: Once you've placed physical facts on the ground that make it impossible to deliver something that everyone has for years agreed is the ultimate destination ... it is an act of deliberate vandalism to the basic premise on which negotiations have taken place for years and years and years,

haaretz 16-JAN-12

[-said]: Once you've placed physical facts on the ground that makes it impossible to deliver something that everyone has for years agreed is the ultimate destination ... it is an act of deliberate vandalism to the basic premise on which negotiations have taken place for years and years and years,

AP 16-JAN-12

[-told]: It is an act of deliberate vandalism,

news 16-JAN-12

[said:]: Nick wants to see real change in the way we do business, and firms that give employees a real stake. 'He is pushing his government colleagues for real, early, radical action on this. 'Employee ownership is part of a long liberal tradition of economic reform - putting power in the hands of workers to build a more responsible capitalism.

mailonsunday 16-JAN-12

[-said]: Once you've placed physical facts on the ground that makes it impossible to deliver something that everyone has for years agreed is the ultimate destination... it is an act of deliberate vandalism to the basic premise on which negotiations have taken place for years and years and years,

haaretz 16-JAN-12

[added:]: Firms will be made to be much more open with people about how much they are really paying top executives and how money is being divvied up around the company.

telegraph 14-JAN-12

[said:]: We don't need to reach for new treaties or agreements or policies. We know what we need to do. We need to complete the single market and create a dynamic and greater growth in the EU to help us out of these problems.

guardian 14-JAN-12

[ said]: When you’re in an economically precarious position, as the whole European continent is, I just somehow don’t think the priority should be a measure which its proponents admit would lead to significant levels of unemployment for thousands of people,

examiner 14-JAN-12

[said:]: This Government condemns torture and inhumane treatment. We will never support it, we won’t ask other people to do it on our behalf.

themirror 13-JAN-12

[said:]: This is an important step towards a society where it's what you know, not who you know, that counts. Working with the coalition, the biggest hitters in British business are helping lead the way to a fairer, more open society.

icWales 12-JAN-12

[said:]: This Government condemns torture and inhumane treatment. We will never support it, we won't ask other people to do it on our behalf.

icWales 12-JAN-12

[said:]: This Government condemns torture and inhumane treatment

thesun 12-JAN-12

[said:]: This Government condemns torture and inhumane treatment.

themirror 12-JAN-12

[said:]: Our view is that you are not going to fix the euro zone just by signing off some new little mini treaty. You are not going to fix it by having some new sanction for budgets which have gone awry. You are going to fix it in the long run by promoting increased competitiveness and if the European continent as a whole, the European Union as a whole, doesn’t raise its competitiveness, we will have another crisis in 10 years time, 15 years time, 20 years time.

xinhuanet_en 10-JAN-12

[-said yesterday]: temporary

egovmonitor 10-JAN-12

[wrote:]: They have campaigned consistently for independence and while the UK Government does not believe that this is in the interests of Scotland or of the rest of the United Kingdom, we will not stand in the way of a referendum on independence.

belfasttelegraph 10-JAN-12

[admitted:]: Yes, we will provide additional support. We will always play our full part, we will always be completely committed to the IMF.

themirror 10-JAN-12

[said:]: I think the language has been a bit confused. Veto suggests something has been stopped - it’s not stopped, something has carried on, which is a different agreement.

themirror 10-JAN-12

[wrote:]: They [the SNP] have campaigned consistently for independence, and while the UK government does not believe that this is in the interests of Scotland or of the rest of the United Kingdom, we will not stand in the way of a referendum on independence.

guardian 10-JAN-12

[warned was:]: bad for Britain

icWales 09-JAN-12

[said:]: Europe is at a vital point in its history and the crucial thing for us to do is concentrate on economic growth.

icWales 09-JAN-12

[said:]: Unity will get us through this crisis better than disunity, and growth will get us through this crisis where fiscal austerity alone cannot.

dailymail 09-JAN-12

[-said]: All the evidence suggests that is the mainstream of opinion and the extremists are those who either think that we need to yank Scotland out of the United Kingdom tomorrow, or those who say there should be no further change at all,

javno 07-JAN-12

[said:]: I think what Diane Abbott said was just stupid and crass generalisation.

express 06-JAN-12

[-told]: Millions of people who play by the rules, who pay their taxes, who work hard ... are angered when they feel there is a wealthy elite or large businesses who can pay an army of tax accountants to get out of paying their fair share of tax,

ibtimes 05-JAN-12

[said:]: Supporting people into work is my priority for 2012 and helping young people get proper lasting jobs is especially important.

express 05-JAN-12

[said:]: We must constantly explain to people what we are doing in this Government. Look at this debate about irresponsible capitalism, what I call crony capitalism. 'It is the Liberal Democrats who have led the debate on clamping down on bankers

dailymail 05-JAN-12

[said:]: I think there are millions of people - and these are people who the Liberal Democrats are in politics for - who pay their taxes, who work hard, who aspire to do the right things for themselves and their families, who are quite rightly angered there is a wealthy elite of large businesses who can pay an army of tax accountants to get out of paying their fair share of tax.

independent 05-JAN-12

[said:]: Throughout, we have taken big long-term decisions that will change the way our economy works for the better - rebalancing our economy away from the City of London towards stronger, more sustainable growth. And next year we will do more.

bbc 28-DEC-11

[-said]: We have had to make some very difficult decisions, but they've been the right ones for the long term good of our country,

france24 28-DEC-11

[added:]: The next year will be one that poses many great challenges for everyone in Britain, but I know we must continue to do what's right for our country.

france24 28-DEC-11

[-says]: economic rescue mission

bbc 28-DEC-11

[said last week:]: The things I regard as important ... are the things we said we'd do on the front page of our manifesto... I would single out lifting more and more people out of paying any income tax altogether.

independent 27-DEC-11

[said:]: Nick’s key concerns are competitiveness, long term growth and jobs in the EU.

themirror 24-DEC-11

[said:]: The government is overseeing a fundamental shift in the way Whitehall works - putting power firmly in the hands of local people.

24dash 22-DEC-11

[-responded]: In wishing you a merry Christmas, if the Prime Minister was killed in a terrorist attack, who would take charge of the Government? Would you confirm that it wouldn't be you as you lead a party which has less support than [the UK Independence Party]?

ibtimes 21-DEC-11

[said:]: You shouldn't just be proud of the servicemen and women with you in your work, and you shouldn't just be proud on behalf of your families and communities but I hope you do also know that you make the whole nation very, very proud indeed.

mailonsunday 20-DEC-11

[added:]: There has been no lessening of public anger towards the banks.

thesun 19-DEC-11

[-told]: This is the perfect environment if you are Nigel Farage,

guardian 19-DEC-11

Radcliffe [-said]: Nick Clegg has become a whipping boy,

nzherald 07-FEB-12

Callanan [-said]: I blame a combination of appeasing Nick Clegg, who is desperate to sign anything the EU puts in front of him, and the practical reality that this pact is actually quite hard to prevent,

bloomberg 31-JAN-12

Callanan [said:]: There is no doubt that the Government's position has altered since the December summit when they were insisting the institutions could not be used I blame a combination of appeasing Nick Clegg, who is desperate to sign anything the EU puts in front of him, and the practical reality that this pact is actually quite hard to prevent: the Government would have to ask the European Court of Justice to rule against itself having a role.

belfasttelegraph 31-JAN-12

Miliband [-said]: Well, finally, Nick Clegg has woken up to the squeezing of people on middle incomes, but the problem is, who has squeezed the middle? It's this government. This government that has put up VAT, this government that is cutting tax credits and this government that is allowing energy companies to rip people off on their bills, allowing train companies to do the same,

guardian 26-JAN-12

Ed Miliband [said:]: Finally Nick Clegg has woken up to the squeezing of people on middle incomes, but the problem is who squeezed the middle? It is this Government that has put up VAT, this Government that is cutting tax credits and this Government that is allowing energy companies to rip people off on their bills. I don't think people are going to trust Nick Clegg or this Government to help the squeezed middle.

icWales 26-JAN-12

Ed Miliband [said:]: Finally Nick Clegg has woken up to the squeezing of people on middle incomes, but the problem is who squeezed the middle?

independent 26-JAN-12

Miliband [said:]: I genuinely believe that we, whether it be Nick Clegg, David Cameron or myself, owe you a massive obligation.

telegraph 21-JAN-12

Harriet Harman [said:]: Nick Clegg's talk of

themirror 20-DEC-11

Philip Davies [said:]: Nick Clegg and Paddy Ashdown have shown how they are total lick-spittles to the EU. We're the fifth biggest economy in the world, — it's preposterous to describe us as a pygmy.

thesun 12-DEC-11

Alexander [-told]: Of course it's right that Nick Clegg is able to speak out as he has ... [but] David Cameron had a very difficult hand to play,

guardian 12-DEC-11

Gove [said:]: I admire Nick Clegg hugely.

independent 03-OCT-11

Hain [said:]: Nick Clegg made it clear he’s not interested in rebuilding links with Labour. He’s tied his flag to the Tory mast.

icWales 25-SEP-11

Ed Balls [says:]: I think it is quite conceivable we’ll have a coalition of the Liberal Democrats … I would be amazed if that coalition ever had Nick Clegg at the head of it.

channel4news 25-SEP-11

Balls [said:]: I think it is quite conceivable we'll have a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, and I would be very happy to serve in such a coalition. I would be amazed if that coalition ever had Nick Clegg at the head of it.

telegraph 24-SEP-11

John Curtice [ said]: There is little sign that this new approach is helping the party or Mr Clegg to repair the extensive damage the first 12 months of the coalition did to their reputation,

independent 19-SEP-11

Gove [said:]: [Profit-making] has been at the back of people's minds but Cameron gave Clegg a veto and he's exercised it. However on the idea that Clegg is insisting that the next wave of free schools have to be in areas of need, that is already the case. The process is set up already for the next wave and we're not going to start it all over again and actually it will be the case that many of the next free schools are in areas of deprivation anyway.

guardian 05-SEP-11

Cameron [-told]: The Deputy Prime Minister (Nick Clegg) and I have agreed that it's right and proper to establish a full, public inquiry to get to the bottom of what happened,

news24 08-JUL-11

Pechtold [ says]: It is no coincidence that D66 has warm relations with Nick Clegg's LibDems,[*]while the VVD has close ties with David Cameron's Conservatives.

nrc 07-JUL-11

Caroline Flint [warned:]: Nick Clegg must explain how he intends to localise business rates without pulling the rug from beneath the finances of councils in Britain's most deprived areas.

24dash 29-JUN-11

Harris [-said]: Everything that Nick Clegg said today, and indeed in previous public statements, about the changes to the health bill that he is promising is consistent with what the party's conference voted to demand,

guardian 26-MAY-11

Gove [responded:]: My foot is hovering over the pedal. I'll have to see what my co-driver Nick Clegg has to say.

guardian 11-MAY-11

Hughes [-told]: Sheffield is going to be different from every other council because it is Nick Clegg's seat,

guardian 06-MAY-11

Watson [said:]: I always expected there would be a majority of Labour MPs voting no. Much of this is to do with Nick Clegg. I have never known an issue inside the Labour party that is being so determined by your attitude to one man. The wider arguments have not been heard.

guardian 01-MAY-11

Caroline Flint [said:]: For Nick Clegg to claim that AV will cure all our political ills is simply wrong.

guardian 21-APR-11

Ben Bradshaw [said:]: I always thought it was going to be tough because of the unpopularity of Nick Clegg, and referendums are just difficult to win because the presumption is to vote no.

guardian 19-APR-11

Miliband [-said]: Nick Clegg promised not to raise tuition fees, and now David Cameron looks set to break his [promise] by saying that £9,000 fees would be the exception,

guardian 19-APR-11

Curtice [said:]: There seems little doubt that Mr Clegg is wise to adopt in recent weeks what appears to be a rather more assertive role within the Coalition. He badly needs to reverse the negative view of both him and his party.

independent 13-APR-11

John Curtice [ said]: Losing matters more to Nick Clegg than David Cameron. For the Lib Dems it was a crucial issue, without the promise of a referendum, the coalition would not have happened,

thestar 08-APR-11

Ed Miliband [said:]: I am definitely putting the welcome mat out for anyone who wants to join the Labour party, particularly ex-Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg has rather revealed himself as a kind of Tory, very close to being a Tory.

channel4news 24-MAR-11

Miliband [also said:]: I'm not going to share a platform with Nick Clegg.

bbc 14-MAR-11

Sadiq Khan [said:]: Nick Clegg is propping up a Tory-led government that is undermining our economy and destroying our communities.

bbc 13-MAR-11

Miliband [ said]: Nick Clegg and David Cameron may have run away from the people of Barnsley but they cannot hide from the message of last night's byelection,

guardian 04-MAR-11

Ed Miliband [said:]: Nick Clegg and David Cameron may have run away from the people of Barnsley, but they cannot hide from the message of last night's by-election.

channel4news 04-MAR-11