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This week I had the chance to spend some time observing Gordon Brown in the flesh. More than being excited, I was curious...

National Insurance, B&Bs and Gene Hunt all figured this week... See how our commentators rate the parties' performance - from score-draw, to 6/10 for Labour

The Lib Dems are a political guerrilla army so fighting them requires counter-insurgency tactics, not the frontal-attack trench warfare that works against the Tories

The battle heats up on the ground... read what lengths our campaigning councillor columnist is contemplating going to

In a combative and witty address to Progress members this morning Peter Mandelson took on the Tories' progressive claims and robustly outlined how government's role in the economy

Hamas cannot be simply wished away, say the authors of a new book. Instead, new solutions must be found and the organisation thoroughly understood.

As the election campaign begins in earnest, Left Foot Forward editor Will Straw pinpoints the Tories' weaknesses on five key policy areas.

Insofar as anything unites the policies that dribble out of Conservative HQ it is the aim to go back, shovel up, unpick and reverse.

President Uribe looked set to seek a third term but support has dropped away. What happened, and how do Colombians regard the state of their democracy now?

After successful pilots, the extension of free school meals will help the health and education of many more pupils

As the forces of liberalism and openness vie with competing currents of nationalism and mild Islamism, where will the intricate history of Turkey lead next?

Ultra-marginal North East Somerset forms one of the closest and most exciting two-horse races between Labour and the Tories anywhere in the country.