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

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

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

Silence is regarded as a sort of sin now, and it has to be filled with a lot of gossip and soundbites.

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time.