After the landslide
It feels the same - but it's all changed
We voted - and they held their breath. Euan Ferguson weighs the key moments of an election which seemed low-key but will prove a landmark election.Little time to relax, Tony
Andrew Rawnsley: The view from the top of his second unprecedented mountain of a majority is dazzling - and daunting. The Prime Minister has much still to achieve and only a couple of years to achieve it in.
Second term Observer special The Vaz at bay, star of a human zoo
Sue Townsend on the elusive candidate. I stay, says defiant Trimble
David Trimble, the Northern Ireland First Minister, vowed last night to go on fighting for the Good Friday Agreement, despite his party's general election defeats. Tory turmoil
A party that is over - and out
Kevin Toolis: The Tories are gone and with them their leader, a man dogged by his inability to woo the cameras.The battle begins
By jumping before he was pushed, Hague hoped to save his party from a messy fight. He was wrong, writes Gaby Hinsliff. The LibDem factor
We are the Opposition now
Charles Kennedy: Election are usually about forming the Government. But this election, uniquely, has been just as much about forming the Opposition.The future starts here
And now Blair has to stand and deliver
In five years' time Britain will be a better place. That's what the PM has promised, but it's going to be a tough job.Go to it, Tony. And don't shirk the challenge that's overdue
The Observer's specialists give their personal views of what they would like the new government to achieve. What is the life and soul of this party?
Peter Kilfoyle on how to woo the traditional Labour voters back. It's not about apathy
Noreena Hertz: Thursday was a good day for Labour, but a bad day for democracy. With turnout of only 59.2 per cent, the lowest ever at a fully democratic election in Britain, it is clear that the people's faith in politics has hit an all-time low. Just a word of warning - and it's 'Railtrack'
Ken Livingstone: The re-election of Labour is, as many Labour politicians have said, not so much a second term as a second chance. The cost of apathy
Nick Cohen: As Shirley Williams said, the New Labour victory was a mudslide not a landslide: an event without grandeur or transforming energy which oozed over a blank electorate. Election 2001: the lighter side
Blair Street: the verdict
So how did Blair Street vote in the end - and what will a Labour landslide mean?
Life on Blair StreetOur campaign trophies
The best and worst of the election campaign. Predictions, Predictions: the poll of pollsters
Thinking of having a flutter of size of the majority. The Observer asked the pollsters, psephologists, bookmakers and commentators for their personal predictions. More election news
The leaders
Public warning: this man tells the truth
On the road with Charles Kennedy and the Lib Dems, Euan Ferguson elects the self-deprecating Scot as the unspun hero of this campaign.The Blair interview: We will win on Europe
Premier believes he can persuade the public opinion on Europe - the second part of the Observer interview transcript. The Blair interview: I knew we couldn't do it all in four years
The Prime Minister defends his record and argues that the campaign can renew New Labour's radicalism in part one of The Observer interview transcript. Blair in 1997 'I am going to be a lot more radical in government than people think'
Tony Blair's interview with The Observer just days before taking power. Election comment highlights
Give Labour a second term
The Observer's verdict on the final Sunday. Who's afraid of a Labour landslide?
Andrew Rawnsley says that Mrs Thatcher is right to be frightened by Blair 'Shurrup! Who's the MP for round here?'
Sue Townsend, bestselling author and creator of Adrian Mole, returns to the Leeds estate she last visited during the 1997 election and asks for the people's verdict on four years under a Labour government. Give us a new deal on democracy
Will Hutton: Too presidential, too remote. If re-elected, Tony Blair must refute these charges and listen more keenly to the people who put him in power. Partying without politics
Mary Riddell: Politicians despair that the young would rather vote for Big Brother and Survivor than at the ballot box. The silent opposition of the big Tories
Andrew Rawnsley: Messrs Clarke, Heseltine, Major and Patten plot to bury William Hague - the day after the voters have slaughtered him. Why the Germans are right about us
Will Hutton: It hurts to be told that our public services are third-rate. We already knew that. So why are we so patient? Why don't we complain more? Be a social democrat, Mr Blair
If the Prime Minister is serious about building a better Britain, he must bridge the widening chasm between rich and poor, says Will Hutton. It's radical, but not as the Left knows it
Andrew Rawnsley:The experience of government has shattered Labour's illusions about the state, but embracing the private sector carries a health risk. Lost Labour's love
Nick Cohen explains why die-hard Labour supporters may break a habit of a lifetime by deserting the party at next month's general election. Onward Christian voters
With a quietly devout cabal running the country, it is time for our devoutly quiet churchmen to speak up, writes Mary Riddell. Cowards one and all
No British politician dares to tackle the dangers of globalisation, says Zac Goldsmith. Time for a little old-style fervour
Chris Powell, a key figure in New Labour's revival, says Blair must inject some passion to combat voter apathy. Thumper bursts the bubble
Andrew Rawnsley: After John 'Raging Bull' Prescott's left jab on a protester, at least it can now be said that one politician has made a connection with a voter. Set my people free
Their cry was Power to the People; they demanded free schools and hospitals for all - 350 years ago. They were the Levellers, and, despite attempts to airbrush them from history, they are an inspiration, especially in the current election, argues Tony Benn. The Observer audit
Race debate that ignores black people's hopes
Tara Mack goes in search of the black vote but ethnic minorities do not like to be lumped together.A painful road to recovery
Labour inherited a sick NHS, and it's still on the critical list. But, in the second of our audits of Labour's Britain, Anthony Browne sees signs of success in the drive to create a happier, healthier Britain where we don't fall ill in the first place. Time is not on your side
In the third of our audits of Labour's Britain, Richard Reeves looks at an issue the manifestos ignore - the politics of hours and minutes. Yet politicians have a profound influence on something many of us value more highly than money.
Labour's 1st term: You must remember this
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