Frontier Trust Fund would encompass not just the Tribal Areas

One has to take the Left seriously for the damage it does, but there is, as Orwell showed us, something comical in the earnest pretensions of those who defend it.Let it be said, immediately and unequivocally: , the only British politician in modern times to change Britain - and so much for the better. As her aide Ferdinand Mount once said of her - and he was by no means blind to her faults - she made Britons believe that things were possible: that we could revive ourselves through a sheer act of will and by blocking our ears to the enemies of progress. The intensity of the hatred she inspired was, paradoxically, a tribute to her. No one who changes the way a country works, to put it bluntly, can do so without implementing policies that hurt people. She knew that, and regretted it, for she was a kind lady. But Britain is enormously in her debt. This is an immensely sad day.

"Jose [Mourinho] is very intelligent, he has charisma, his players play for him, and he is a good looking guy.

Actually, if she were a games mistress, she'd be no ordinary one. She's a former champion swimmer and qualified life guard (ie, a serious one, who worked with the emergency services on the North Cornwall coast). I ended my day watching her teaching stroppy teenage youths how to box in the community centre. Talk about a savage right hook. But such boundless good nature, too, and she's clever ?C a graduate of Balliol and co-author of think tank papers on education policy.

In an attempt to diffuse the situation and establish a lasting peace, on Saturday, 08 Junein Ouagadougou, capital of neighbouring Burkina Faso, talks finally though tentatively, got under way between the Malian authorities represented by Special Adviser for Northern Mali, Tiebele Drame, and Tuareg rebels of the militant Islamist group Ansar Dine. Ansar Dine have between 5,000 and 10,000 activecombatantsin Northern Mali at present and compose the great majority of those fighting against the Malian Army and the forces of Opération Serval. (AQIM and MUJAO have some 1,500 fighters between them). Representing Ansar Dine was their current leader Alghabass Ag Intalla.