From Boadicea to Mr. Major

London

A CARTOON in the London Daily Mail showed a furious television viewer kicking his set through the front window as the announcer said, “And now, after months of non-stop analysis and debate about the war, our team of experts turn their attention to the possibility of a June election.” Quite so. Just as we thought it was safe to go back into the water. . . . Since then, Iraq, in the form of the Kurds’ plight, has reoccupied top place in the news bulletins, and the likelihood of a June election has receded. But the fact remains that a British general election must be held within not much more than a year from now.

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London

A CARTOON in the London Daily Mail showed a furious television viewer kicking his set through the front window as the announcer said, “And now, after months of non-stop analysis and debate about the war, our team of experts turn their attention to the possibility of a June election.” Quite so. Just as we thought it was safe to go back into the water. . . . Since then, Iraq, in the form of the Kurds’ plight, has reoccupied top place in the news bulletins, and the likelihood of a June election has receded. But the fact remains that a British general election must be held within not much more than a year from now.