Ellis wrote:

"Terry- Sorry to hear the Rogernomics may rise again."

The one thing that might save us is our electoral system. Any party almost certainly must get the support of at least one other party in order to govern.

Dan, I think you have summed the situation up fairly well. However a big step towards peace in the Middle East (if any US administration is genuine about wanting it) would be to cut off aid to Israel unless it makes some attempt to treat the Palestinians as human beings.