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...London Labor supporters are telling Blair to back off," says TIME London bureau chief Jef McAllister. "He rigged the rules to keep Livingstone out of the Labor nomination despite being the democratic choice of the party's membership, and the rank and file now look set to deliver Blair a painful message about democracy. And because it's a vote for a not particularly serious position, Labor supporters feel they can vote against the government without strengthening the hand of the Conservatives." Still, the slap-down has to sting Blair, who invested a considerable amount of his own political capital...
...There's no surprise in this decision, since it is common for medical reports that are being used as grounds to dismiss a court case to be made available to both sides," says TIME London bureau chief Jef McAllister. "Straw had been accused of keeping the records out of the hands of those pushing for Pinochet's extradition to make it easier to get the general out of the country. Now his stay will be prolonged, reviving the government's greatest concern - that Pinochet dies in Britain." The medical records that prompted Straw to conclude that the general's physical...
...talk to the Republicans. "Pressure from Trimble and London has made it harder for Adams to persuade the IRA's hard men that decommissioning now would be a voluntary gesture from a position of strength rather than a humiliation extracted by the enemy," says TIME London bureau chief Jef McAllister. But the IRA's reluctance to part with its Semtex may now be hurting its own cause as it faces mounting pressure to disarm from quarters as diverse as the U.S., the Irish Republic and the moderate Social Democratic and Labor Party, which represents the majority of Northern Ireland...
...rules of the new governing body would make it a lot more difficult to put things back together if Trimble walked out, which is why London believes suspending the institutions is the best way of saving the deal," says TIME London bureau chief Jef McAllister. "But Sinn Fein, the government of the Republic of Ireland and the moderate party SDLP preferred by the majority of Northern Ireland's Catholic voters have warned that suspension could create a dangerous vacuum and deal a mortal blow to the peace process...
...Protestant Ulster Unionist Party - the largest party in the territory's historic joint administration - once again threatening to walk out, a move that would collapse the Northern Ireland Assembly and restore direct rule from London. "Disarmament is primarily a psychological issue for both sides," says TIME London bureau chief Jef McAllister. "The weapons aren't being used right now, and even if they were handed in it wouldn't guarantee peace - it would be pretty easy for the IRA to acquire more if it chose to. But the Unionists insist they can't stay in government while the IRA remains...