11 June 2001

Democracy is dead. Now what?

By Nick Cohen

Election Night - The leaders left the Citadel to meet the "real" people. But the people aren't interested: they don't even want to storm the Citadel

The BBC still managed a landslide victory

By Andrew Billen

Election Night Television - Andrew Billen on how a Dimbleby got muddled and the Bell suit crumpled

How to avoid a strange death

By John Patten

Election Night - John Patten, a former Tory minister, reflects on a disastrous result

Even the Scottish Tories want their independence

By Tom Brown

Election Night - Scotland

Dear Prime Minister . . .

The 2nd Term - What do we most want the new government to do? The answers range from abolishing private education to bringing back Mandelson

At the court of King Gordon

By Gary Gibbon

The 2nd Term - 2004: despite previous denials, Blair steps down after all and hands the crown over to Brown. What would the new regime be like? Gary Gibbon reports

Fated always to come second?

By Ian Aitken

Everyone sees Brown and Portillo as future party leaders. But history suggests they will fail

And next, the deadly duo fight again

By John Kampfner

The 2nd Term - Mandelson and Cook would both like to go to Brussels. Trouble is, there's only one job

Just carry on being new

By Anthony Giddens

The 2nd Term - Anthony Giddens, the guru of the Third Way, argues that Blair, in his second term, must have a clearer idea of what kind of Britain he really wants

Labour's new tax bombshell

By Michael Jacobs

The 2nd Term - Within just a few weeks, ministers may come to regret one crucial election pledge

You couldn't make it up

By Jenny Diski

The Campaign - Fake smiles, balloons and magic wands: the stage-managed banalities of the campaign proved that fact is more trite than fiction

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

In darkest Oxford, an Asian is tested to the limit

By Darcus Howe

In the remotest parts of Australia's great outback, refugees are incarcerated, insulted and abused

By John Pilger

Cannabis should be made compulsory for men like John Prescott

By Lauren Booth

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne