A bad night for Obama: 8 in the morning – November 3rd

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Anger has “poisoned” the mid-term elections says Hadley Freeman.

* Jonathan Freedland surveys the new political landscape in the US.

* The BBC rounds up the night as a whole.

* Clegg faces a rebellion over tuition fees.

* Now landlords attack the government over housing benefit.

* The bill to bring about a referendum on AV (and cut the number of parliamentary seats) passed last night.

* Anglo-French military deal is “pragmatism over ideology”.

* And the curious case of Cameron’s photographer…

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