11.30pm: CREWE AND NANTWICH IS A TORY GAIN
We expect a "substantial" Conservative majority
6pm: Live blog countdown to result of Crewe and Nantwich by-election
3.30pm ToryDiary: We're making a difference, claim Scottish Tories
3.30pm: Dr Crippen on CentreRight calls for a war on Alcopops
1.45pm Seats and candidates: First C&N exit poll
11.45am LondonMayor: Boris says thanks
Seats and candidates: 4am bulletin from Crewe and Nantwich
Nick Bourne AM on Platform: Barack will prevail
Two PlayPolitical videos:
- David Cameron and William Hague reflect on their meeting with the Dalai Lama
- White women not warming to Obama
More from Crewe and Nantwich
"Gordon Brown's looming Crewe and Nantwich by-election defeat just the start of his misery" - Telegraph
"The Information Commissioner is launching an investigation after the Conservative party inadvertently released personal information of 8,500 voters in today's byelection. In a mistake that bore echoes of the government's data bungles, three computer files containing names, addresses, telephone numbers and voting intentions were sent to a radio station and local newspaper, the party confirmed last night." - Guardian
Labour should never play the class card, Tories should never play the race card - Times leader
Boris' first Question Time as Mayor - The Guardian gives him four stars | Times
On the eve of the Tories' Scottish Conference...
...Alan Cochrane, for The Telegraph, assesses the Scottish party's strength and calls for more attacking of the separatists and less dealing with them.
Cheryl Gillan MP defends unveiling of Thatcher tribute in Welsh Assembly
"I think it is very appropriate that an image of Margaret Thatcher should appear in the Senedd building. She was the first woman prime minister of the UK. She paved the way for thousands of low income families to become homeowners, strengthened the NHS, revitalised the economy and, most appropriately, initiated the development of Cardiff Bay." - Quoted in the Western Mail
Tories hope to revive abortion debate after election victory
"Cameron actually voted to bring the limit down to 20 weeks, and while an amendment to reduce it to 16 weeks was trounced - rejected by 303 votes - of the 84 MPs who voted for it, 61% were Tories. The mood was summed up in a comment by Tory MP Edward Leigh, who proposed a 12-week limit, that "in modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb". The majority of Conservative MPs voted for a reduction in the time limit and the majority of Labour MPs voted against, which means that, if the Tories get in at the next election, women's rights will face a battering. A progressive, modern party, fit for the 21st century? On this evidence, most definitely not." - Kira Cochrane in The Guardian
George Osborne and Theresa Villiers only members of shadow cabinet to vote for abortion status quo - ThisIsLondon
"So that's it, then. By a majority of 71, our parliamentary representatives have decided it should remain legal to destroy fully formed, sentient and viable human life in the womb. What a crushing week this has been for upholders of traditional thinking about humanity." - Mail leader
> 83% of Conservative MPs voted for 22 weeks (80% of Labour MPs voted against)
The Tory party's spiritual home The Carlton Club finally welcomes women into its embrace - Times
Big Brother is watching you... but luckily he's overstretched and has underestimated the job of keeping track of us all - Phil Hendren (of Dizzy Thinks blog) in The Times
Inefficient use of space by Government Offices costing £325m - BBC
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