Cover feature: Exclusive Gordon Brown interview
The Hybrid’s the Star
The Secret Failings of American Politicians on the Internet
Age Old Politics
Character Test
Do our troops mark the X?
Does size matter in public affairs?

Dissident republican police attacks threaten peace agreement
Was the Smoking Ban Right?
Why the Tories need a foreign policy

A Parallel Government from 1997
National Issues Resonate with Local Elections

Dress to the Right, Sir?
Political Clemency
There’s nothing as ex as an ex-MP
Where are they now: Walter Sweeney
They were also MPs: Sir Francis Drake
Political Memoirs – a Second Pension?
Total Blag
Bringing to Book: Richard Watts

A Lobbyist’s Diary: The Select Committee Sweatshop
Anecdote corner: Mark Oaten

Building local coalitions
Why negative campaigning works
How Boris Won: The Lynton Crosby Interview
Ten ways to improve a speech
From Facebook to ballot box
Campaign doctor
Learning Lessons from Crewe and Nantwich

What Britain can learn from the US primaries