Time is not on Gaddafi's side. People ask about the exit strategy. It's Colonel Gaddafi who needs an exit strategy because this pressure will only mount and it will be intensified over the coming days and weeks.

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.

Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.