Alan Watkins: Clegg's soft touch will be hard to sustain
18 April 2010 12:00 AM
The Lib Dem leader's success in the first debate resembles an old-style third-party win in a by-election
Alan Watkins: Adonis left it too late for a Lib-Lab pact
11 April 2010 12:00 AM
Nick Clegg now regards himself as one of the big boys, not as a subordinate partner to Labour
Alan Watkins: No 10 is for the winner, not the also-ran
04 April 2010 12:00 AM
The idea that Gordon Brown might stay in Downing Street at the head of the second-largest party is preposterous. In any event, the Labour Party is facing an abyss which make such thoughts irrelevant
Alan Watkins: Mr Darling is the hero of the hour
28 March 2010 12:00 AM
The Chancellor is the last piece of the good ship New Labour that is still afloat – just
Alan Watkins: A dog's dinner of an election
21 March 2010 12:00 AM
Voters are fed up with Labour, but don't want the Tories either – the leading players are so unimpressive
Alan Watkins: A hung parliament is a red herring
14 March 2010 12:00 AM
Just because the winning party has a tiny majority, it doesn't mean it cannot govern
Alan Watkins: Michael Foot – an intellectual prizefighter
07 March 2010 12:00 AM
The Labour veteran, who died on Wednesday, seemed bookish, but he was an early television star who relished a skirmish
Alan Watkins: Heath bullied. Thatcher too. But not this PM
28 February 2010 12:00 AM
Some incumbents of No 10 really have tormented colleagues. This one is just bad-tempered – and bad at his job
Alan Watkins: Labour's gift for picking the wrong leader
21 February 2010 12:00 AM
With many promising politicians to choose from, the best one is passed over – and that was 1976. But history repeats itself...
Alan Watkins: Mr Osborne is the fly in the ointment
14 February 2010 12:00 AM
The Conservative Party has history with Kenneth Clarke, but he's the warhorse who would clinch it for Mr Cameron
Alan Watkins: Mr Brown survives the snowflakes
10 January 2010 12:00 AM
The conspirators' plot to topple the Prime Minister melted away even before there was a nickname for it
Alan Watkins: Mr Brown's diversionary tactics
20 December 2009 12:00 AM
Talk of hung parliaments, class war and snap elections are little more than ploys but they create a 'hum'
Alan Watkins: Anyone else apart from the chiefs?
13 December 2009 12:00 AM
Parties are putting the spotlight on their leaders – perhaps because the talent stops there
Alan Watkins: Tax tweaks nudge the Tories to No 10
06 December 2009 12:00 AM
The playing fields of Eton decided the battle of Waterloo, but inheritance tax pulls more punches now
Alan Watkins: My money's still on Mr Cameron
29 November 2009 12:00 AM
All this chatter about hung parliaments is just a sign of boredom in the political classes, who are hoping for a more exciting contest. The reality is, the Conservatives will win, and win by a comfortable margin
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