Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe.

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

War on Iraq runs the risk of turning the Middle East into an inexhaustible recruiting ground for anti- western terrorism.