No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.

There is a general sense of guarded optimism. There have been too many false dawns over the last 60 years. There have been more tears than smiles, but I sense there is a commitment from Abbas and Sharon, a new determination to make a reality of the goal of two states living side by side.

He was a hateful terrorist who will be missed by all.

No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.

If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in March.

The English as a race are not worth saving!

...to continue to be one of the world centres for scientific research, we have to stand up and be counted in support of researchers, go on marches and demonstrations, and back even tougher action by the police and the courts against these terrorists.