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Leading article: Dangerous times for the Labour Party
How the Prime Minister must now regret announcing his decision to step down before the next general election. Tony Blair claims he did not want to be accused of "going on and on" like Margaret Thatcher. But the situation he has contrived for himself is far worse. Everyone is aware that the clock is ticking on the Blair era.
Leading article: A letter that keeps diplomacy alive
The President of Iran has written a letter to the President of the United States. It is the first "summit" level communication between the two countries since Washington broke off relations over the 1979 hostage crisis. Whatever the letter says, its very existence is a statement of sorts.
