compare and contrast the amount of soul searching and hand wringing that has gone on over this war and Thatchers military adventures.

the only difference is that Thatch had all the right wing media playing her tune - whereas with young Tone, it has been seized on as a small avenue of vulnerability. Small, because any tory pm would have done EXACTLY the same.

recognise you are in the game of politics

those are the choices - naivety or realism.

remember the anti Kinnock poster with the soldier with his hands up - Labours defence policy

thats the world we live in - not some sort of fairyland

One things sure and certain Norther Ireland will be back up in flames , if the tories get back in with their no surrender rhetoric - those are the choices.