Neither pro-agreement Ulster Unionists nor Sinn Fein have sounded entirely convincing converts to the new order.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland

Nor is his choice of title entirely convincing.

ECONOMIST: The cold war

But he does not lay out any convincing proposal on that matter, nor offer a roadmap for that process.

BBC: EU viewpoints on Cameron's Europe speech

Nor did they think the British government had provided convincing reasons to justify such interference.

ECONOMIST: Gays in the military

At a meeting with Mr Arafat in Cairo on July 15th, Mr Peres was partially successful in convincing his Egyptian hosts that neither he nor Mr Sharon had an interest in a general conflagration.

ECONOMIST: Israeli-Palestinian fighting

Nor are Mr Osborne's warnings about anti-business forces convincing.

ECONOMIST: A bitter row about executive pay is about something bigger

But neither the Conservatives nor the Liberals have so far been able to come up with any convincing solutions to Britain's transport ills.

ECONOMIST: British election briefing: Transport

Neither America nor Japan wants it to fall further--but neither has come up with a convincing reason why it should not.

ECONOMIST: Japan

Nor does the 76-year-old Mr Mukherjee, though sprightly, make a convincing leader.

ECONOMIST: Indian politics