It can hardly be a secret that I'm no fan of the MP for Sydenham. I'd feel a lot more hopeful about a viable coalition of the left if he just went away. But don't ask me, ask Bruce Jesson. But of course, the only party which presently counts is National - well, them and the members of the Unelected Party who help shore up the majority. Anyway, enough of all that.
Good things do happen.
An edgy, awkward peace has been achieved in Bosnia. Telecom has been stuck by the courts again, with a permanent injunction preventing it from dominating the broadcast industry the way it does the phone business. America seems to be rolling away from a bout of luvvies with the far right which would have affected all of us. We didn't win the Rugby World Cup but we won the moral victory. OJ Simpson won in court, but lost the moral honours.