This continual seesaw change is not new to the country. Too many false dawns and permeable cease-fires have fallen by the wayside for the main protagonists to be utterly convinced that the ' war' is over. Yet, this appears to be the fundamental stumbling block to permanent peace and political progress. A number of factors chill the hearts of those who genuinely believed that the political institutions would rally a divided people, and render conflict a thing of the past. Thomas McGuigan writes.
Any national administration has multiple responsibilities and political priorities.
Relationships have to be maintained with the electorate, multinational business and 'high finance', other national governments and supranational bodies such as the European Union and the United Nations. Sean Dobson writes. The Millennium Dome has proven to be a source of some political controversy in the wake of its New Year opening. For a variety of reasons, several major newspapers have dedicated both front page column space and editorial comment in an attempt to question the value of the exhibition at Greenwich. Sean Dobson writes.