Joe O'Toole (Independent)

Although one would only wish well any talks which take place to advance the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, it is hard not to be cynical when one thinks of the little chappies in the West Wing wondering how they might find a nice media shot and context in which to have their President photographed this week. That the invader and warmonger should be suddenly transmuted into some sort of peacemaker is difficult to understand.