Airstrip One

Start, Act, Ignore (the Independent) - 26th January 2003, 17.51

The socialist Independent has taken up sloganising with a vengeance with today's op-ed and headline, "Stop, Think, Listen". A pity that the Tories expressing opposition to the war didn't take this advice, instead of supplying some feeble soundbites.

Patrick Mercer and Peter Ainsworth are honourable exceptions in that they consider Britain's national interest to be a matter of concern here.