This island must really come to terms with winter. Y'know one hears tales of the weather being so bad, the Thames itself froze that deep, people could roast oxen on the ice. And that only back some two hundred years ago. Today, somewhat less Napoleonic but much less severe, the winter has brought the whole system crashing down, from the Grampians, through Yorkshire, all the way down to East Anglia.
Once again, some drivers are facing he prospect of a choice. Abandon one's car and take the lift into the nearest town or village from the AA, or spend the night in that car, waiting for the gridlock to end.
Meanwhile, the Dow appears somewhat less unhappy to end this week, with the FTSE ending the day flat.
But there's more movement coming, with Colin Powell set to address the UN on the 5th, and then supplimentary report from the Inspection Teams, later in the month.
Mind you, one is assuming the balloon doesn't go up sooner..
Tony's keeping the issue somewhere in the front page, with more rhetoric designed to keep the public's sense of outrage stewing.
One begins to wonder why they don't just get on with it..what else has yet to be effected..
And where's North Korea, gone these past couple of days from such prominence, to relative obscurity.
When dealing with governments and hucksters, always watch the hand away from the action..