It seems the murderous despot (Mugabe) is trying to come in from the cold. Apparently, Mbeki has succeeded in negotiating a deal between de facto president Tsvangirai and Mugabe. The deal is expected to be made public on Monday. 

The trouble with Gordon is that he can't do Foreign Policy, and neither can Milliband. In a way its a good thing. It means that Gordon can concentrate a bit more on sorting out our little domestic problems ie like starting more house building, road taxing and finally, finally getting our kids reading, instead of prancing about the world. But in other ways it makes GB look pretty foolish. Peace in the Middle East is a no no, not that is until the international community cuts Israel down to size and dictates the actual terms of peace.

Is Blair looking to spread the 'Libya Model'?

The G8 lacks the legitimacy required to tackle the problems of our time, and this problem is compounded with Russia being invited to join a grouping that is leagues ahead of the poorly scripted democracy we refer to as Russia.

In the same week that the Bush administration has adopted a much trumpeted plan to force regime change in Cuba, 200 MPs from all parties have now signed a Commons motion calling on the UK and Europe to improve their relations with the island.

The right-of-centre historian, Niall Ferguson, has become something of a leftwing hate-figure since he began propagating a counter-argument to the anti-colonialist dominance of modern European History, AS Heath believes we should hear Ferguson out.

Yesterday's announcement from the Prime Minister on the launch of an aid delivery watch group/dream-team (Bill Gates, Kofi Annan and Bob Geldof) wasn't a huge surprise. Ardent Blairites (myself) see this as quite a necessary evocation of the Labour Party (and by extension - our government's) championing of the holy trifecta of aid, trade and debt. It's what we do, and it's what the Tories don't. Simple.