At the end of an election year which brought a change of government, a new leader of the Labour party and the first coalition since the second world war, there are plenty of talking points. But if 2010 taught us anything, it is to be wary of political predictions.
With that in mind we hear from an all-star Guardian and Observer panel of Jackie Ashley, Rafael Behr and Michael White.
Has the Lib Dem-Conservative coalition already reached the height of its popularity? Can Labour begin fighting back at 2011's local and Scottish elections? Will the protests against the economic austerity measures continue or fizzle out? And what happened to the "new politics"?
Also, in our extended Christmas special, we run through the year's best political books with the Guardian's Julian Glover. And he gives some reading advice to Cameron, Clegg and Miliband.
Leave your thoughts and predictions for next year below.
Politics Weekly returns on 6 January 2011
