Georgina Henry and Julian Glover discuss whether Gordon Brown can survive
bit.lyWomen against Gordon head for the exit
bit.lyJust went to vote. Polling station pretty deserted.
Arson attack on Sinn Féin minister
bit.lyGordon Brown seeks to shore up support as voters go to the polls in the European and local elections
bit.lyReading up on the EU elections. It's a minefield - of acronyms. UEN is keen to join MER. Luckily, TB/LNNK is still aligned with AEN. Phew.
Is Alistair Darling about to 'do a Geoffrey Howe'?
bit.lyTurnout is going wild in Warwick - according to a source. Students have brought their whole corridors to fight the BNP.
Will the row over Berlusconi's use of official planes to ferry his entertainers cost him votes? That has become the main issue here in I ...
Will the row over Berlusconi's use of official planes to ferry his entertainers cost votes? That has become the main issue in Italy #eu09.
L'Espresso is to report that the hours flown by the government squadron has TRIPLED since SB came into office. #eu09
Hard-right Dutch maverick Geert Wilders ahead in EU polls
bit.lyWhich cabinet ministers are supporting Gordon Brown?
bit.lyDarling should stay but will be sacrificed for his honesty | Martin Kettle
bit.lyJames Purnell quits cabinet and calls on Gordon Brown to stand aside now
bit.lyDelight and incandescence in rival camps as the news breaks
bit.lyBrown's regiment is finished now. In days he will be gone | Martin Kettle
bit.lyLooks like the reshuffle is now underway. You can follow today's developments here:
bit.lyPartial results from Essex. Seems to be big swing Lab to Con in some areas (Harlow) and Con to Lib Dem in others (Chelmsford).
Will Woodward on Labour's reshuffle and likely election disaster
bit.lyAlistair Darling rumoured to be staying put.
What a start to the day! But the morning's most important news if true is bbc claim that chancellor Darling keeps his job. The cabinet p ...
BNP vote 6.6 per cent in Chelmsford, 13.8 per cent in Harlow. At this rate they may get MEPs.
Alan Johnson, the health secretary, thought to be taking on Jacqui Smith's old job as home secretary.
Labour doing better than fourth place in a rural or small town ward is pretty unusual. The party is electoral roadkill outside the cities.
Voting is under in European and local elections across the Irish Republic as well as two crucial Dublin Dail by-elections
just seen david cameron in the commons looking ecstatic and surrounded by happy aides. He waved a me.
europoll. xenophobes rejoice at dutch wilders triumph. flemish extremist leader dewinter euphoric. prague's klaus urges anti-brussels vote
nick brown, the chief whip, has just told me brown is determined to push through the reshuffle today. " why would you expect anything else?"
europoll. czechs/irish voting. tories need new czechmates ods to do well. tall order
blow then ?
europoll. will ganley's libertas get in? probably not in irish heartland. better chance with czechs
The reshuffle and election results: have your say | Martin Kettle
bit.lyTurnout in Northern Ireland for the European elections is expected to be under 50%, the lowest poll since UK entered Europe.
I'm at county hall in Lancashire, sun shining, coffee piping hot, everyone talking about John Hutton. Results should start in half and hour
It's an oddity, but will my old Manchester Guardian colleague Tom Sharratt retain his seat as Lancashire's only Idle Toad councillor?
Tom's a fiercely independent socialist who was New Laboured out of the party in spite of quoting Blair in his defence. Eric Blair...
Sorry - my first tweet got lost. I'm at Preston to see if Labour lose Lancs (and Staffs, Notts and Derbys) First results in 30 mins prob
I won't go on too much about Tom but like Brown he's facing a split. His former colleague is standing against him. Toad civil war.
I found a ward in Hastings where the Labour share of the vote was up slightly on 2005. This may be a unique distinction...
Lancs seats to watch 1: Labour leader Hazel Harding is defending majority of only 43 in Rossendale
Lancs seats to watch 2 Ousted Labour schools head Vali Patel battles as Indy against Preston Labour chair Carl Crompton in Central South
John denham to health. A good guy, a good move
I'm thinking Lord Alan doesn't quite have the same ring to it as Sir Alan:
bit.lyBut Lord Sugar sounds great & all those kids in the boardroom will be calling him My lord, rather than Sir Alan. He'll be even more pompous!