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54. Lib Dems, 32 per cent; Conservatives, 31 per cent; Labour, 28 per cent: YouGov for Sunday Times, 18 April 2010
55. Guardian, 20 April 2010
56. Labour news conference, Bloomberg HQ, London, 19 April 2010
57. BBC News, 19 April 2010
58. Interview, Mark Davies
59. The Campaign Show, BBC1, 20 April 2010
60. Lib Dem news conference, London, 19 April 2010
61. Andrew Porter, ‘Brown is just so desperate, says Clegg’, Daily Telegraph, 21 April 2010
62. UK Polling Report
63. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
64. Daily Telegraph, Sun, Daily Express, 22 April 2010
65. Daily Mail, 22 April 2010
66. BBC News, 22 April 2010
67. The World at One, BBC Radio 4, 22 April 2010
68. The Sky Leaders’ Debate, Sky TV, 22 April 2010
69. Cameron, 37 per cent; Clegg, 36 per cent; Brown, 27 per cent: Populus for The Times; Clegg, 33 per cent; Cameron, 30 per cent; Brown, 30 per cent: ComRes for ITV; Cameron, 36 per cent; Clegg, 32 per cent; Brown, 29 per cent: YouGov for Sun; Clegg, 33 per cent; Cameron, 29 per cent; Brown, 29 per cent: ICM for Guardian, 22–23 April 2010
70. David Cameron, speech to Tory rally, Romsey, Hampshire, 26 April 2010
71. Conservative news conference, Tory HQ, London, 26 April 2010
72. UK Polling Report
73. Interviews, Patrick Diamond and others
74. Interview, Justin Forsyth
75. Labour letter to BBC, ITV and Channel 4, 25 April 2010
76. British Crime Survey, 22 April 2010
77. Interview, Mark Davies
78. Interview, Nick Butler
79. Interview, Patrick Diamond
80. Mandelson, pp. 530, 539
81. Interview, Nick Butler
82. Steve Richards, ‘Brown looks ever more like King Lear’, Independent, 22 April 2010
83. Jonathan Freedland, ‘Enough tea and biscuits’, Guardian, 22 April 2010
84. Interview, Justin Forsyth
85. Interview, Nick Butler
86. Interview, Justin Forsyth
87. Interview, Justin Forsyth
88. Sky News, 28 April 2010
89. Interview, Justin Forsyth
90. Interview, Justin Forsyth
91. The Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2, 28 April 2010
92. The World at One, BBC Radio 4, 28 April 2010
93. BBC News, 28 April 2010
94. Interviews, Patrick Diamond and others
95. Interview, Justin Forsyth
96. Campbell’s blog, 28 April 2010
97. Laura Collins, ‘Gordon said, you must drop in at No. 10’, Mail on Sunday, 2 May 2010
98. BBC News, 28 April 2010
99. Interview, Mark Davies
100. Interview, Liam Byrne
101. Mandelson, p. 536
102. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
103. Interview, Justin Forsyth
104. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
105. Interview, Mark Davies
106. E-mail from Gordon Brown to party members, 28 April 2010
107. Sun, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, 29 April 2010
108. Interview, Justin Forsyth
109. The Final Debate, BBC1, 29 April 2010
110. Interview, Sue Inglish
111. The Final Debate, BBC1, 29 April 2010
112. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
113. The Final Debate, BBC1, 29 April 2010
114. Interview, Sue Inglish
115. Cameron, 38 per cent; Clegg, 38 per cent; Brown, 25 per cent: Populus for The Times; Cameron, 35 per cent; Clegg, 33 per cent; Brown, 26 per cent: ComRes for ITV; Cameron, 41 per cent; Clegg, 32 per cent; Brown, 25 per cent: YouGov for Sun; Cameron, 35 per cent; Brown, 29 per cent; Clegg, 27 per cent: ICM for Guardian, 29–30 April 2010
116. Interviews, Patrick Diamond, Justin Forsyth and others
117. Jane Merrick and John Rentoul, ‘A chance for change’, Independent on Sunday, 2 May 2010
118. David Cameron, ‘I’ll give the power back to you’, Sunday Telegraph, 2 May 2010
119. Interview, David Miliband
120. Interview, Nick Butler
121. David Cameron, remarks in Derby, 30 April 2010
122. Private interview
123. Interview, Nick Butler
124. Gordon Brown, speech at Westminster Central Methodist Hall, 3 May 2010
125. Tim Montgomerie, ‘Falling short’, www.conservativehome.blogs.com, General Election Review, June 2010
126. Interview, Ben Wegg-Prosser
127. Interview, Stewart Wood
128. Election 2010, BBC1, 6 May 2010
129. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and Stewart Wood
130. Interview, Stewart Wood
131. Interview, Mark Davies
132. Interview, Patrick Diamond
133. Gordon Brown, speech after count at Kirkcaldy, 7 May 2010
134. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and Stewart Wood
135. DCFS; DoH; ONS
136. IFS Reports: ‘Tax and benefit changes under Labour’, 25 March 2010; ‘Living standards and inequality’, 21 May 2010
137. David Cameron, remarks outside Number 10 on becoming Prime Minister, 11 May 2010
Epilogue: The Last Days
1. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
2. Interview, Number 10 official
3. Interviews, Charlie Falconer, Tessa Jowell and others; Mandelson, p. 542
4. The Conservatives would later add a further seat from the postponed election at Thirsk and Malton
5. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
6. Interviews, Menzies Campbell and others
7. Interview, Nick Clegg
8. Nick Clegg, speech after result at Sheffield Hallam, 7 May 2010
9. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
10. Interview, Danny Alexander
11. Nick Clegg, statement outside Lib Dem HQ, Cowley Street, 7 May 2010
12. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and Stewart Wood
13. Gordon Brown, statement in Downing Street, 7 May 2010
14. Interview, Stewart Wood
15. Interview, senior civil servant
16. Interview, Andrew Adonis
17. Private interview
18. Interview, Michael Gove
19. Interview, member of Shadow Cabinet
20. Interview, senior Cameron aide
21. Interviews, Michael Gove and others
22. David Cameron, statement at St Stephen’s Club, 7 May 2010
23. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
24. Interview, Andrew Adonis
25. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
26. Interview, senior civil servant
27. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
28. Interviews, senior civil servants
29. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and senior civil servants
30. Interview, senior civil servant
31. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and Justin Forsyth
32. Interview, Number 10 official
33. Conversations, Lib Dem MPs
34. Interview, Andrew Adonis
35. Interviews, Danny Alexander, Justin Forsyth and others
36. Interview, Stewart Wood
37. Interview, Danny Alexander
38. Interviews, Danny Alexander and others
39. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
40. Conversations and interviews, members of Shadow Cabinet
41. Interviews, senior Conservatives, senior Lib Dems and civil servants
42. Interview, member of Shadow Cabinet
43. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
44. Interview, Simon Lewis
45. Interview, Justin Forsyth
46. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and Stewart Wood
47. Interview, Simon Lewis
48. Interview, Tessa Jowell
49. Interview, Menzies Campbell
50. Interview, Danny Alexande
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51. Interview, Justin Forsyth
52. Five Days That Changed Britain, BBC2, 29 July 2010
53. Interview, Nick Clegg
54. Interviews, Tom Fletcher, Justin Forsyth and others
55. Interview, Danny Alexander; Mandelson, p. 543
56. Interview, Nick Clegg
57. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
58. Interview, Justin Forsyth
59. Interview, Andrew Adonis
60. Interview, Tom Fletcher
61. Interview, Nick Clegg
62. Interview, Danny Alexander
63. Mandelson, p. 548
64. Interviews, Danny Alexander and others; Mandelson, pp. 548–9
65. Interview, Danny Alexander
66. Interview, Danny Alexander
67. Interview, Paddy Ashdown
68. Interviews, Andrew Adonis, Paddy Ashdown and others
69. Interview, Andrew Adonis
70. Interviews, senior Conservatives and senior Lib Dems
71. The Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, 10 May 2010
72. Interviews, Danny Alexander and Number 10 officials
73. Interview, Andrew Adonis
74. Interviews, Number 10 officials
75. Gordon Brown, statement in Downing Street, 10 May 2010
76. Interview, Number 10 official
77. Interview, Number 10 official
78. Interview, Justin Forsyth
79. Interview, Justin Forsyth
80. Interview, Tom Fletcher
81. Conversations and interviews, members of Shadow Cabinet
82. Interviews, Michael Gove and others
83. Five Days That Changed Britain, BBC2, 29 July 2010
84. Interviews, Conservative MPs
85. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
86. Interview, Nick Clegg
87. BBC News, 10 May 2010
88. Interviews, Andrew Adonis, Tessa Jowell and others
89. Interview, Tessa Jowell
90. Interview, Mark Davies
91. Interview, Cabinet minister
92. Interview, Justin Forsyth
93. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
94. Interview, Danny Alexander
95. Conversations and interviews, Lib Dem MPs
96. Conversations and interviews, Lib Dem MPs
97. BBC News, 11 May 2010
98. Interview, Andrew Adonis
99. Interview, Danny Alexander
100. Today, BBC Radio 4, 11 May 2010
101. Interview, Justin Forsyth
102. Interview, Simon Lewis
103. Interview, Justin Forsyth
104. Interviews, Number 10 officials
105. Interview, Justin Forsyth
106. Interview, senior civil servant
107. Interviews, Justin Forsyth, Simon Lewis and others
108. Interview, senior civil servant
109. Interview, Andrew Adonis
110. Interviews, Andrew Adonis and others
111. Interview, Justin Forsyth
112. Interviews, Tom Fletcher, Justin Forsyth, Simon Lewis, Stewart Wood and others
113. Interviews, Martin Argles, Nick Clegg, Tom Fletcher, Justin Forsyth, Simon Lewis, Stuart Wood and others; Campbell’s diary entry; Mandelson, p. 554
114. Interview, Martin Argles
115. Interviews, Justin Forsyth and others
116. Interview, Martin Argles
117. Interview, Justin Forsyth
118. Interview, Simon Lewis
119. Interview, Martin Argles
120. Interview, Justin Forsyth
121. Gordon Brown, statement in Downing Street on resigning as Prime Minister, 11 May 2010
122. Five Days That Changed Britain, BBC2, 29 July 2010
123. Interview, senior Cameron aide
124. Interviews, Nick Clegg and others
125. Interview, Justin Forsyth
Broadcast and Published Sources
DOCUMENTARIES
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair, written and presented by Andrew Rawnsley, BrookLapping for Channel 4, June 2007
The Blair Years, interviews by David Aaronovitch, Juniper for BBC1, November 2007
The Undercover Diplomat, written and presented by Jonathan Powell, Juniper for BBC2, April 2008
Gordon Brown: Where Did It All Go Wrong?, written and presented by Andrew Rawnsley, BrookLapping for Channel 4, June 2008
Crash Gordon: The Inside Story of the Financial Crisis, written and presented by Andrew Rawnsley, BrookLapping for Channel 4, June 2009
The Love of Money, Money Programme for BBC2, September 2009
Cameron Uncovered, written and presented by Andrew Rawnsley, BrookLapping for Channel 4, March 2010
Five Days That Changed Britain, written and presented by Nick Robinson, BBC2, July 2010
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