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Leading article: A damning indictment of a President and his policy
A more devastating indictment of the strategy of a sitting American president could not be imagined. The cross-party Iraq Study Group's recommendations on future US policy in that blighted country were made public yesterday
Leading article: A paler shade of green
After the hype that had preceded the Chancellor's 10th, and presumably last, pre-Budget statement, the presentation itself was reassuringly prosaic
- Patrick Cockburn: Cautious words conceal true savagery of life in Iraq
- D J Taylor: Tales of plagiarism and atonement
- Rupert Cornwell: A bombshell that intensifies the pressure on Bush
- Cooper Brown: He's Out There
- The Third Leader: Hard left
- Michael Ancram: We do not need these nuclear weapons
- Joanna Briscoe: At The Sharp End
- The Third Leader: Darkness before dawn?
- Adrian Hamilton: The advice Blair should offer Bush today
- Andrew Grice: A glimpse of the future as Brown takes a long-term view of battle with Cameron
- The Sketch: How to lead until 2020: free food for babies; A-levels for all
- Miles Kington: The battle for Europe is taking its toll of our men
- Johann Hari: Is that the echo of Bush? No, it's Cameron