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A didactic old buzzard bossed us about like Stalin's gran: QUENTIN LETTS on the Greens' campaign launch
The event was called to order Jenny Jones, a member of both the Lords and London Assembly - despite the Greens presenting themselves as anti-Establishment, writes QUENTIN LETTS.
Pilot Mike Harland killed after seat 'fell out' when RAF Tornado jet flew upside down
Former RAF pilot Mike Harland, 44, was killed when his ejector seat fell from the cockpit of an RAF jet during a test flight, an inquest has heard.
Wife 'hacked to death for wanting divorce' for £5,000 bounty
As Geeta Aulakh tried to defend herself, her hand was chopped off by the machete-wielding gang who her husband had hired to kill her, the Old Bailey has heard.
Frieze Art Fair 2010: The worst parking ever seen or a crash course in art
There are hundreds of examples of bad parking every day, but traffic wardens were convinced this was the worst.
Bulimic Rowena France hanged herself after 2 year battle with eating disorder
Sixth former Rowena France was found hanging at the family home in Huddersfield by her mother. She had become depressed after battling the illness.
London Tube power failure forces passengers to escape through tunnels
More than 4,000 passengers were affected when five Tube trains suffered a power failure - and 2,000 were forced to walk 20 minutes through tunnels to escape.
Mel Gibson to return to the big screen in Hangover sequel
Mel Gibson is set for a cameo role as a Bangkok tattoo artist in the sequel to the 2009 hit The Hangover - with filming expected to begin in two weeks.
Drunk dad forgets his 3-year-old son in a car park for 25 hours
Joe Kurihara, 23, of Pasadena, CA, got so intoxicated at a wedding on Saturday night that he forgot where he left his car and that his toddler son was in the vehicle.
Burns victim stunned after NHS medical staff wrap his hand in Tesco bag
Nicholas Robertson, 38, was treated at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff after accidentally setting his arm ablaze with a cigarette after spilling lighter fluid on himself.
Caffeine psychosis defence: Man who ran over two people declared incompetent as he'd drunk too much coffee
A judge has dropped all charges against Daniel Noble, who ran over two people in 2009, declaring he is incompetent to stand trial in the first successful use of the 'caffeine psychosis defence'.
Professor slapped with £155 railway fine for getting OFF the train one stop early
Martyn Evans was told he would be fined for disembarking at Darlington, near his home, rather than waiting until Durham, where he works at the university’s philosophy department.
The coalition of millionaires: 23 of the 29 member of the n...han £1m... and the Lib Dems are just as wealthy as the Tories
David Cameron’s £60m coalition Government may have adopted ‘fairness’ as one of its defining slogans, but his team of Ministers is drawn from the financial elite.
Eurosceptics in plot to force vote on Lisbon Treaty
Backbencher Douglas Carswell revealed that he and other Eurosceptic Conservatives hope to take advantage of a technical change to the treaty to force a public vote.
Tories ditched policies as fast as they listed them: 'Cameron wanted to bury party Right,' say Lib Dems
David Cameron used the coalition talks with Nick Clegg as an excuse to ditch 'daft' Tory policies he secretly wanted to get rid of all along.
Meet Dave's very own Fall girl: Kate Fall appointed as Cameron's 'gatekeeper'
Few members of the new Cameron team are as well-connected as his 'gatekeeper', Catherine Fall.
Seven out of 10 like the coalition - but think it¿s doomed
The Cameron coalition Government is riding on a wave of public support – but three-quarters of people do not expect it to last more than a couple of years.
After all this, does anyone know their Left from Right?
This Conservative-Lib Dem coalition is difficult to read in what now seems like the medieval terms of Right and Left. This leaves the opposition in disarray.
UK ELECTION 2010: David Cameron and Nick Clegg make Downing Street debut
Sharing jokes, exchanging meaningful glances and referring to each other chummily as Nick and David, they couldn't have looked happier.
Ed Miliband declares he'll run against brother David in Labour leadership contest
The former Energy Secretary described his older brother David as his 'best friend' and insisted there would be no bitterness as they battle for the top job.
ELECTION 2010: Lord Ashcroft starts the blame game with Smell The Coffee update
Lord Ashcroft, the mastermind of the Tories' £3 million marginal seats operation, is writing his own assessment of the election campaign.
David and Samantha Cameron in unseen Notting Hill pictures from 1995
The pictures were taken at the four-bedroom house they had just bought in Notting Hill in West London. They would marry the next year.
Coalition Goverment: Revolt looms over five-year Parliament 'stitch-up' that Lib Dems demanded
The Prime Minister sought to head off his first rebellion from backbenchers by insisting the controversial new rules were up for debate.
Gordon Brown sacrifices himself and promises to quit as PM in last-ditch bid to do deal with Lib Dems
In a dramatic statement on the steps of Downing Street, the Prime Minister announced he was standing down as Labour leader and calling on the party to launch a leadership election.
NEW CABINET FIRST MEETING: Oliver Letwin looks like he's just heard a dirty joke
First meeting of the new Cabinet and the constables at the gates of Downing Street wore a wary expression. Who were all these people presenting themselves for admission?
NEW CABINET: David Cameron appoints David Lidington as Europe Minister over Mark Francois
Hardliners had expected that Mark Francois, the pugnacious holder of the post in opposition, would be given the job.
David Miliband tours Britain to discover where Labour failed
Mr Miliband will today set out on a 'conversation' tour of the UK to find out from voters why they turned away from Labour in their millions.
Coalition Government raises questions that will strain deal to the limit
Although David Cameron and Nick Clegg looked happy enough yesterday, there are thorny questions to resolve if their fledgling coalition is to survive.
David Miliband declares himself as Labour leadership contest candidate
The former Foreign Secretary was first out of the blocks in the race for the leadership - declaring his hand just 22 hours after Gordon Brown quit.
DAVID CAMERON BECOMES PRIME MINISTER: Middle classes pay price of Tory deal with Lib Dems
The new Prime Minister has been forced to water down the key pledge in his manifesto to overturn Labour's 1p hike, which he consistently attacked during the election campaign.
UK ELECTION 2010: Now keep your word and save Gary McKinnon, says his mother
Both David Cameron and Nick Clegg have publicly condemned plans to send the Asperger's sufferer to the U.S. - where he faces up to 60 years in jail - under a flawed treaty.
GORDON BROWN RESIGNS: Talking us all into the jaws of hell... The Chat Of The Light Brigade
Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, Close to the valley of Debt, Conferred the six humbled: 'Round the table, Light Brigade!
David Cameron new Prime Minister: OUT goes the Brown boys' ...ouse from No10 and IN come the builders as the Camerons arrive
Just days earlier John and Fraser Brown had been playing in the house, today it was taken apart and placed on the back of a lorry along with the rest of the family's belongings.
Gordon Brown quits as Prime Minister with emotional resignation speech
Gordon Brown's voice cracked with emotion as he delivered his resignation speech before leaving for Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen.
DAVID CAMERON BECOMES PRIME MINISTER: Departing warrior Gordon Brown quits No10
Gordon Brown had left about an hour and a half earlier. That's the way we do it in this country. Brutally quick. Mere minutes. And in this case five long, awkward, damaging days since the electio...
DAVID CAMERON IS NEW PRIME MINISTER: Will Lord Ashdown return to the frontline?
Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown was last night tipped to make an extraordinary return to frontline politics as a defence adviser to David Cameron.
TORY-LIB DEM COALITION: Vote reform, the issue that may end this pact
After all the twists and turns, the Con-Lib coalition is back on, and the key issue that sealed the deal was the Tories' offer of a referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV).
DAVID CAMERON BECOMES PRIME MINISTER: New Cabinet with 5 Lib Dem seats
The Liberal Democrats have been handed the reins of power in the Cabinet for the first time in 65 years. And Nick Clegg will take Prime Minister's Questions in Mr Cameron's absence.
GORDON BROWN RESIGNS: Round two! Spin doctor returns to the fray in spat with newsman
The Labour spin doctor today seemed determined to continue his argument with broadcaster Adam Boulton, just a day after the pair nearly came to blows live on air.
GORDON BROWN RESIGNS: Labour rage at schemers Alistair Campbell and Mandelson
The disgraced former spin doctors - dubbed the 'unelected and the unelectable' - were blamed for damaging the party by attempting to stitch up a deal to stay in power.
DAVID CAMERON BECOMES PRIME MINISTER: Can we ever trust 'harlot' Lib Dems?
It was left to a politician who had actually been elected by the public to signal the beginning of the end of Labour's shabby plot to remain in power by making a deal with the Liberal Democrats.
DAVID CAMERON BECOMES PRIME MINISTER: Pound recovers at news of Tory leader
The pound passed the $1.49 mark soon after it became clear Tory leader David Cameron was set to take over as prime minister.
Clegg braced for revolt from sceptical Lib Dems as tries to sell Tory deal to party
The Lib Dem leader has come under fire for playing both Labour and the Tories off against each other during protracted negotiations over the past week.
Gordon Brown resigns: How Mandelson and Campbell persuaded PM to quit
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and Tony Blair's former communications chief Alastair Campbell hatched the last-ditch plan to keep the Tories out of power by assembling a 'coalition of the lose...
GORDON BROWN RESIGNS: Tory right calls on Cameron to go it alone if Lib Dems refuse to do deal
One front-bencher said that the Lib Dems are 'interested in their petty obsessions' and called on Cameron to lead a minority Tory government.
GORDON BROWN RESIGNS: Hung Parliament politics are a duplicitous, dreary mess
Gordon Brown is to remain leader of the Labour Party until September - perhaps will even remain as Prime Minister until then.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Minister calls for break up of election watchdog after polling day shambles
The Electoral Commission should be broken up in the wake of last week's voting shambles, a minister said last night.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Coalition of Scottish and Welsh will drain English taxpayers
As Labour appeared on the brink of a split over a deal with the Lib Dems, John Reid, a Scot, said a Lab-Lib pact 'would be mutually assured destruction' that would 'further enrage' English voters...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Clegg at mercy of LibDem MPs as they reject Tory deal
Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown today defended the legitimacy of a Lib-Lab deal and took a swipe at the 'rabidly anti-European' Tories.
Jeremy Paxman swears during early evening Newsnight
Mr Paxman had been hosting an election special edition of the news programme which started at 6.30pm on BBC 2.
GORDON BROWN RESIGNS: Pound plunges amid market horror at Lib-Lab coalition
The pound - which had initially rallied in the hope of deal between the Tories and Lib Dems - started to dip at the moment Gordon Brown began to speak yesterday afternoon.
gORDON BROWN RESIGNS: Public sector workers 'plan Greek-style strikes' which could last for months
Furious public sector workers who refuse to accept painful changes to tackle Britain's financial crisis could unleash a 'tidal wave' of action.
Gordon Brown resigns: Labour heavyweights begin fight to become new leader
As Cabinet members made their way into No10 for an emergency meeting tonight, at least six Labour heavyweights were being tipped as possible replacements for Gordon Brown.
ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Conservatives demand EU referendum i...g reform support, as Tory MPs warn 'gamble will destroy party'
In a tense meeting of his Parliamentary party tonight, the Tory leader won conditional support for his offer of a referendum on the Alternative Vote system to the Lib Dems.
FTSE lifts 5% amid euro bailout and hung parliament turmoil
Sterling, which was 1.50 against the dollar earlier in the session, slipped below the 1.49 mark after the emergence of formal talks between the two parties.
Unions warn of Greece-style riots after civil servant redundancy court victory
The warning raises fears of months of chaos triggered by a furious public sector who refuse to accept painful changes to tackle Britain's financial crisis.
From green-eyed Chancellor to the 'squatter of No10, Gordon... finally admits he can't hang on to job he coveted for so long
As well as one of Britain's least successful prime ministers, he is one of the few who never secured a popular mandate and he has now presided over Labour's worst defeat at the polls since the 19...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Gordon Brown and Clegg in talks as Tory Lib Dem deal nears
The Prime Minister announced that he would stand down as Labour leader once the party had formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Gordon Brown's Labour are a party in turmoil
Last night the demands for Gordon Brown to stand down as Prime Minister were reaching a deafening crescendo. Already two of his own MPs - John Mann and Kate Hoey - have called for his head
UK election results 2010: Hung parliament is fault of UKIP
Just an extra 16,000 votes in the right place would have given the Conservative the overall majority they needed.
GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Labour 'ready to sacrifice Gordon Brown' as MPs and ex-ministers tell PM: Your time is up
Gordon Brown's political life force appeared to be ebbing away last night as a string of senior MPs and former ministers urged him to quit for the good of the country and the party.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: David Cameron under pressure from traditionalist Tories
While negotiations continued at the Cabinet Office, a number of high profile figures urged the Tory leader to stick to the central tenets of party policy.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Forget deals, just go it alone says Norman Tebbit
Right-wing Tories claimed that a deal with the Liberal Democrats could lead to the Conservatives being forced to abandon plans for spending cuts to tackle the national debt.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: David Cameron urged not to give in to LibDem demands
Graham Brady insisted there was little enthusiasm among his colleagues for a full-blown coalition deal with the LibDems.
Election results 2010: New boys fuel the private school Parliament
Fee-paying schools educate only 7 per cent of the pupil population but they produced 54 per cent of Tory MPs, 40 per cent of LibDems and 15 per cent of Labour.
Curse of the Tatler Tory A-listers who failed to make it to Westminster
Their defeats have prompted serious soul searching inside the Tory camp about whether the tactic of imposing handpicked candidates on local associations was the right one.
Sky News viewers call for Kay Burley to be sacked after 'aggressive' interview with political campaigner
The presenter was talking to 38 Degrees campaign group director David Babbs, who joined thousands of protesters lobbying for a reform of the current voting system in London yesterday, when she be...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Nick Clegg backs Tory right to form first government
The three main parties are locked in frantic horse-trading as they vie for power after the election ended with Britain's first hung parliament since 1974.
UK ELECTION RESULTS: Clegg faces LibDem mutiny if Tory deal threatens electoral reform
The Liberal Democrat leader is weighing up a chance to put his party in peacetime power for the first time in almost 90 years, while trying not to alienate most of its members.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: I'm writing from a Lib Dem 'safe house' - as we seek the right way forward
Forty-eight hours after the polls closed and we are now dealing with the practical realities of a ‘hung’ or balanced Parliament.
GENERAL ELECTION 2010: A very welcome pint for UKIP's Nigel Farage after election day plane crash
The former leader of UKIP was released from hospital on Saturday and returned home to Kent, where regulars were only too happy to buy him a pint at the George and Dragon.
How David Cameron met the Queen dressed as a rabbit - in a school play 35 years ago
It was 35 years ago and the eight-year-old Cameron was taking part in a production of Toad Of Toad Hall at the exclusive Heatherdown School in Ascot, Berkshire.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: The phantom ministers who still haunt Westminster
They are the Labour ministers who were kicked out by the voters last week but are still in office. Electors have handed at least 19 their marching orders, but constitutional rules decree the gove...
Gordon Brown's Nick Clegg rant after election results talks resume
The prospects of a Lib-Lab pact suffered a major setback after Gordon Brown's bad-tempered phone call, described as a 'diatribe laced with threats'.
GENERAL ELECTION 2010: DAILY MAIL COMMENT: End the deal-making... and start to govern
Four days may have passed since the shambles that was Election 2010, but Britain wakes today with no meaningful government and with a comprehensively defeated Prime Minister still hunkered down i...
Brown on the brink: PM locked in crisis Cabinet meeting as Lib Dems and Tories inch closer to deal
The Tory and Lib Dem leaders met in an office at the Commons as a day of horse-trading and secret negotiations finally drew to a close.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: £750 compensation after polling booth fiasco
The Electoral Commission today launched an urgent inquiry into the fiasco, which some senior politicians compared to polling in a Third World Country.
Election 2010: Is it any wonder the vote was a shambles?
The woman who presided over Britain’s voting chaos is a former Left-wing campaigner dubbed ‘The Modern Militant’ who now earns £100,000 for a three-day week.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: The Tatler Tory A-listers who failed to make it to Westminster
Many of David Cameron's ambitious A-list candidates - including controversial 'Cameron Cutie' Joanne Cash were left licking their wounds after failing to impress the voters.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Mail on Sunday poll reveals that most voters want Tories to govern without Lib Dems
More than half of the voters in the BPIX poll wants David Cameron to reject any deal with the Lib Dems and rule on his own as Prime Minister in a minority Conservative Government.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: MoD still has trouble with faulty...efence Secretary struggles to control umbrella on windy VE Day
The hapless Bob Ainsworth - sitting next to the Duchess of Cornwall and a seat away from Sarah Brown at a solemn Cenotaph ceremony to mark VE Day - seemed unable to work out how to open his broll...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Labour MPs urge Brown: Quit for the party¿s sake
Gordon Brown's hopes of remaining Prime Minister faded last night after a growing number of Labour MPs issued public calls for him to resign for the sake of his party.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Jack Straw's son in PR protest at Lib Dem HQ
The son of Justice Secretary Jack Straw yesterday joined more than 1,000 protesters demanding electoral reform.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Clegg tries to persuade Lib Dems why they should listen to the Tories
The crunch talks came after the three party leaders attended a VE day ceremony in Westminster this afternoon. Nick Clegg was also faced with a protest from Liberal Democrat supporters who fear a ...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Gordon Brown pins hopes on 'coalition of losers' with Lib Dems and minor parties
Gordon Brown pinned his fading hopes of survival on a desperate bid to form a 'coalition of losers' with the Liberal Democrats and minor parties yesterday.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: The Tatler Tory A-listers who failed to make it to Westminster
Many of David Cameron's ambitious A-list candidates - including controversial 'Cameron Cutie' Joanne Cash were left licking their wounds after failing to impress the voters.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Trinny braves gallows humour at Tory bash
They dined in style at the fashionable Scotts restaurant in London's Mayfair, once a favourite of Sir Winston Churchill - though some of the guests would have looked more at home at Tramp, the vu...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Don't stitch us up, Tory MPs warn Cameron... but Osborne may have to be sacrificed to seal the deal
Disgruntled backbenchers voiced scepticism at Cameron's plans for an agreement with Nick Clegg and urged him to change his leadership style.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: BBC blasted for £45,000 election boat party
Stars ranging from Piers Morgan to Joan Collins, Maureen Lipman, Fern Britton and Sir Ben Kingsley joined BBC chiefs on board a luxury yacht called the Silver Sturgeon.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Thousands could sue after lockouts in key marginals
The Electoral Commission today launched an urgent inquiry into the fiasco, which some senior politicians compared to polling in a Third World Country.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Clegg to call emergency Lib Dem summit on deal with Tories
The Lib Dem leader is meeting this afternoon with his ruling federal executive - an elected committee of 35 senior activists, MPs and party officials - to discuss his next move.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010 - MAX HASTINGS: The grim truth is, the next election starts now
We all lost. Britain faces a fiscal crisis which can be resolved only by a strong government. Yet, confronted with an historic choice, a divided nation has returned a grotesquely muddled response...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Treacherous Lib Dems and Cameron's massive risk
For days after the General Election of February 1974 the Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath clung on in Downing Street. He could not bear the idea of losing office.
UK election results 2010: Crunch time for Nick Clegg
What was going on with the apple? At one of the most critical moments in modern British politics, the man with the balance of power finally emerged from his party headquarters yesterday brandishi...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Cut now - or we'll be the new Greece
Even before the election stalemate, there had been an extraordinary deterioration in the global economy with the crisis in Greece starting to contaminate the banking system.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: How pacts could pan out in days ahead
The public statements by the three party leaders yesterday all had one thing in common: a desperate desire for power, and a willingness to do deals to get it.
GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Political chaos will ensue
We the electorate got what we asked for - a hung parliament. The leader we really wanted didn't exist, and probably never can.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: So why didn't the Tories reach the summit?
David Cameron always acknowledged that the Conservatives had an electoral mountain to climb - and on Thursday they climbed it.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Jacqui Smith and expenses cheat MPs lose their seats
Former minister Tony McNulty and 'Mrs Expenses' Ann Keen also found themselves out of office as they paid the price for the sleaze that has engulfed the Commons.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Schoolboy in uniform votes in Wyre & Preston North
Police are investigating how a Alfie McKenzie aged just 14 manged to vote in the Wyre and Preston North Constituency.
FTSE and Dow Jones slump amid hung parliament and Greek debt crisis fears
The FTSE 100 lost 2.6 per cent of its overall value - a near three-month low - and the pound plunged by as much as 2 per cent against the dollar.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: State of the parties: A picture of a nation divided
This map paints a picture of a nation divided, with a routed Labour party retreating to its urban heartlands and the rest of England turning into a sea of blue.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Badly beaten, the PM clung to the furniture while the country bayed for him to quit
One mulish old man, Learlike in his delusions, was all that stood between Britain and urgent revival yesterday afternoon. 'Resign!' cried the crowds at the gates of Downing Street. 'Resign!' Ther...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Did UKIP cost Tories ten seats by...andidates in constituencies the Conservatives were set to win?
In the most glaring example, the anti-EU party helped oust the fiercely Eurosceptic David Heathcoat-Amory in Wells, Somerset.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: A vote for uncertainty and shabby deals
David Cameron achieved a higher share of the vote than Tony Blair in 2005. But the truth is that this election was for the Tories to lose.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Cameron forced to stake all on Lib Dems
As the Tory leader made his bid for Downing Street, party grandees were analysing the results of an election campaign which had promised so much - but delivered so little.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Speaker John Bercow beats off Nigel Farage in Buckingham
Flamboyant Ukip candidate Nigel Farage had hoped to take a high-profile scalp by defeating John Bercow in the seat of Buckingham.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Caroline Lucas becomes Green Party's first MP
The party's leader and MEP Caroline Lucas took the seaside seat of Brighton Pavilion from Labour. Britain is the only country in Europe which has never had a Green MP.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Jacqui Smith and expenses scandal MPs lose seats
Former minister Tony McNulty and 'Mrs Expenses' Ann Keen also found themselves out of office as they paid the price for the sleaze that has engulfed the Commons.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Lib Dems set to lose 5 seats as 'Cleggmania' fails
Despite Mr Clegg's attempt to play kingmaker, his boast that the election would be a 'two horse race' between the Lib Dems and Tories looked wide of the mark.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Mandelson hints at change of Labour leader
The Business Secretary indicated he would be prepared to jettison the Prime Minister to save the party if that is the price of securing the support of the Lib Dems.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Ukip's Nigel Farage joked before plane crash
The flamboyant Ukip candidate is being treated in hospital for a chipped spine, damaged breast bone and broken ribs after a miracle escape from the horrific crash. He was pulled from the wreckage...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Zac Goldsmith takes Richmond Park from Lib Dems
While the Conservatives comfortably swooped to victory in some key marginal seats, other high-profile candidates were unable to persuade voters to back them.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Gordon Brown prepares bid to stay in No10 as PM
Gordon Brown told his constituents: 'My duty is to play my part in Britain having a strong government able to lead Britain into sustained economic recovery.'
UK GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Voters turned away in polling stations shambles
Electoral Commission launches an urgent inquiry as police throw voters out of polling stations in scenes of chaos up and down the country. A human rights lawyer claimed those denied a vote could ...
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: A laughing stock in the eyes of the world
The disgraceful chaos at polling stations shows more starkly than ever the collapse of efficient public administration under Labour in modern Britain.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: David Cameron's earned the right to rule Britain
The election has delivered the definitive verdict on David Cameron's five-year battle to transform his party. And it seems he has succeeded.
UK ELECTION RESULTS: Will Labour ditch Gordon Brown to strike Lib Dem deal?
After suffering heavy election losses, Mr Brown is likely to face calls to step aside to allow a new leader to forge a deal with the Lib Dems.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Jacqui Smith and Charles Clarke out but Ed Balls survives
On a dreadful night for Labour, the party lost a string of high-profile figures including former home secretaries Jacqui Smith and Charles Clarke.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Esther Rantzen fails to win Labour seat
The That's Life star finished fourth out of the 12 candidates vying for the seat of Luton South, finishing with just 1,872 votes.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Gordon Brown and Labour resoundingly rejected
If Mr Cameron is left with more than 300 seats this morning what sort of country will he inherit? An international economy facing a new crisis.
General election results 2010: The end is in sight for Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown carried the pain of impending defeat in his face, in his gait, and in the carefully measured words of a prime minister facing the defining moment of his career.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: BNP's Nick Griffin concedes Barking defeat
In a high-profile campaign, leader Nick Griffin attempted to oust minister Margaret Hodge in Barking, where his far-right party has 12 councillors.
UK ELECTION RESULTS 2010: Hung parliament will force parties into backroom deals
If Britain awakes today without the Tories having secured an outright majority, the parties will resort to backroom deal-making.
Election 2010: Results - Live
Live election results as they happen from around the country. Simply click on your constituency to find out who won and by what majority.
General election 2010: Brown braves Scottish drizzle to vote
Mr Brown was forced to hide the pain of the most difficult moment of his political career behind the same fixed smile that dominated the last few days of his campaign.
General Election 2010: Millions cast their votes as final polls show we're heading for a hung parliament
All three parties reported high turnout at polling stations across the country, as the final opinion polls pointed towards a possible hung parliament.
General Election 2010: Record number of new MPs to enter House of Commons
The extraordinary clear-out has mostly come about as a result of the expenses scandal, which led to an unprecedented 149 MPs announcing their retirement before polling day.
General Election 2010: BNP candidate Bob Bailey filmed fighting Asian men in key battle ground of Barking
Bob Bailey punched and kicked one of the men after being spat at in Barking, east London, yesterday.
GENERAL ELECTION 2010: Clegg to press for voting shake up as Mandelson agrees time's up for first past post
The LibDems are expected to win more than quarter of the vote - but only around an eighth of Commons seats. It came as the party began sensitive talks with both the Tories and Labour over a hung ...
General election 2010: Dave makes tea for SamCam (and buys some eggs) before going to the polls
First job of election day for David Cameron: making his wife Samantha a cuppa. Second job: jog to the nearest shop to buy some eggs. Third: dodge two protestors who were making a point about his ...
General Election 2010: UKIP candidate Nigel Farage in dramatic plane crash as election banner catches in tail fin
The politician is tonight being treated in hospital for a chipped spine, damaged breast bone and broken ribs after a miracle escape from the horrific crash.
GENERAL ELECTION 2010: BBC is meant to be even-handed but it often isn't
The BBC is obviously different. It is meant to be even-handed. We all know, of course, that it often isn't.
Greek riots: Look what Nick Clegg's beloved PR voting system did for Greece
As Britain goes to the polls, we should remember above everything how the politician who became Greece's Prime Minister refused to risk unpopularity in last year's election.
General election 2010: All in a Paddy about a hung parliament...
Would a hung parliament be a disaster for Britain? ' Absolutely not,' thundered Lord Ashdown, the former Lib Dem leader, in an interview the other day.
General Election 2010: Tories could win the most seats but be at mercy of Scottish and Welsh MPs
In the event of an unclear election result, David Cameron said it would not be ‘democratic’ for the LibDems to prop up a failed Labour government.
General Election 2010: Change? This was a traditional down-and-dirty catfight in a marginal seat
Eastbourne was a reminder that, however much everyone bangs on about 'change', some things never change, namely that noble election tradition - the catfight.
GENERAL ELECTION 2010: Suddenly David Cameron spotted a dead halibut: 'It's Gordon!
The 24-hour journey left his aides and the media pack boggle-eyed with fatigue. Yet Cam the man himself, infuriatingly, seemed only to pick up zing.
GENERAL ELECTION 2010: The party leaders get emulsional: Your redecorating problems answered!
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg answer questions like: I have to paint a small room with a slanted ceiling. How do I make the room look more spacious?
Liven up the General Election with the Daily Mail's office sweepstake kit
Print out our election sweepstake kit - where the winner takes all when the election result is declared. It is based on how many seats the Tories will get.
Your hour by hour guide to election night on TV
IF you're staying up to follow the election results on TV, here's your indispensable guide to what's sure to be a nailbiting night.
General Election 2010: Tories edge closer to outright victory as polls give David Cameron nine point lead
As polling stations opened this morning, the result is the most uncertain in any election since 1992 and there is the first real prospect of a hung parliament in almost 30 years.
General Election 2010: David Cameron up all night as party leaders mount final push for votes
With Britain still on course for a hung parliament, the Tory leader admitted he was nervous but insisted the Conservatives have 'every chance'.
General election 2010: Gordon Brown 'offers £200m bribe' to Unionists
The DUP has released a letter from the Prime Minister suggesting he has attempted to stitch up a secret coalition deal before a vote has been cast.
General Election 2010: Hung parliament is bad for Britain, warns law firm where Nick Clegg's wife is a partner
DLA Piper, where the LibDem leader's wife is a senior partner, has become the latest big company to point out the dangers of a coalition government.
General election 2010: Time for change this election - and a new job for high profile losers
In 1997 that powerful national sentiment ‘time for a change’ resulted in a tired and arrogant Conservative Government being ejected from office.
ELECTION 2010: How voting tactically can save us from a hung parliament
Here, the Mail identifies 65 seats in which tactical voting will do most to prevent a hung parliament and ensure Labour's demise.
General Election 2010:Cameron wins unionist backing thanks to £200million deal for region
The deal would give the Tories an extra nine or 10 votes in the Commons and may hand the keys to Number 10 to Mr Cameron.
GENERAL ELECTION 2010: Now Cherie Blair puts a knife into Gordon Brown
It was on the campaign trail in Swindon that she stuck the knife into her old nemesis, just before the real business of the day.
General Election 2010: Eurostat migration stats expose lie behind PM's figures
Opposition parties said the figures destroyed the claim by Gordon Brown – that there had been equal numbers travelling in between Britain and the EU.
ELECTION 2010: Could the good ship Ed Balls be sunk by a class torpedo?
A visit to the Schools Secretary’s seat near Leeds is an education. ‘Not my sort of man,’ said retired plant operator Colin Ward, 74, standing on his doorstep in Wrenthorpe.