CHRIS BALLINGER Politics Research Student, The Queen's College, Oxford JOHN CURTICE Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Deputy Director of the ESRC Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends (CREST) JOHN FITZMAURICE Professor, Free University in Brussels and Head of Unit at the European Commission PAUL HAINSWORTH Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Ulster, Jordanstown JAMES KELLAS Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow ZYG LAYTON-HENRY Professor of Politics, University of Warwick LORD NORTON OF LOUTH Professor of Government, University of Hull GEORGE PARKER Political Correspondent, Financial Times MICHAEL STEED Hon. Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Unviersity of Kent at Canterbury DAFYDD TRYSTAN Lecturer, Institute of Welsh Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth