The Comment Channel
Leading article: A question of timing and tactics in a pointless fight

Whatever one's views on Tony Blair - and this newspaper can hardly be accused of being one of the PM's cheerleaders - we should not lose sight of the fact that he is the leader of a party that won a general election only 16 months ago
Leading article: A divided nation

If President Bush has anything to say on the final result of the Mexican election it should be limited to advising the new conservative leader there how he should manage a victory which was won by the thinnest of margins
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