2007 is here

Predictions are the order for the first day of January. Mine is that Tony Blair will find a crisis of such presumed gravity that he will be supposedly compelled to continue his occupancy of 10 Downing Street. Trying to find something cheerful to report we can gain some comfort on this New Year's Day from one main event of the past year, namely that the French led UN peacekeeping force in South Lebanon continues to prevent missile attacks into Israel - a much overlooked if not totally ignored triumph for the diplomacy of George W Bush and Tony Blair. Happy New Year to my small but loyal readership.