Andrew Buncombe of The Independent describes the visceral scenes of death and destruction behind the Red Shirts' barricade.

A New Zealander caught up in the rioting in downtown Bangkok offers his perspective on the crisis.

Banks' strategists are going to have a hard time getting media to believe their political spin from now on.

Civil servants across Whitehall have started the process of destroying schemes that they have spent years preparing.

What is the Super City? How is it structured? How will it work? Who holds the power? How do you vote?

Manukau Mayor Len Brown has a big lead on Auckland City Mayor John Banks in a Herald-DigiPoll survey on the Super City mayoralty.

This may have been a shotgun wedding, but David Cameron and Nick Clegg were determined to convince us that their parties really have fallen in love.

You don't have to be a swivel-eyed conspiracy theorist to think that David Cameron was bound to be Prime Minister one day.

Chances of a negotiated settlement of Thailand's two-month political standoff look very bleak.

Conservative leader David Cameron became the UK's youngest prime minister in almost 200 years today.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned with a brief, emotional statement this morning.

Ed Miliband may stand against his elder brother, David, in the Labour leadership election.

Gordon Brown's dramatic resignation was hailed as a "game-changer" by ministers but infuriated the Tories.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced he will resign as leader of the Labour Party by September at the latest, after his party lost 90 seats in the UK election.