This is just what happened to Robin Cook in 1998, when marital problems, plus a couple of mishandled foreign trips, plus Britain's bungled intervention in Sierra Leone, conspired to make one of Labour's smoothest operators look like a liability.
But Mr Hughes said his party had done better in the local elections than in the previous two years and that they would continue to make the case that UK membership of the European Union was a "net plus for Britain", and also push the positives of immigration.
Since that whole incident occurred and the individuals in Britain realised it was being investigated by the US Pentagon, plus officials over in Britain, the Ministry of Defence in particular, they pretty much became rather quiet and have been ever since.
That on the one hand you've got a sort of Atlantic Europe, with five countries including Britain, plus all the new countries from the Eastern Europe, and you've got a sort of Brussels Europe, or European Europe, which is sort of France, Germany and Belgium and so on.
Of six European countries plus America and Canada, Britain emerged as by far the least happy about immigration.
Dark Star Brewing Co. was born here, a microbrewery with offerings such as Espresso and Dark Star Original (former Champion Beer of Britain), plus seasonal ales, all available alongside organic lagers and real ciders.
That is barely 0.5% of the workforce, but between them they produce around 11% of Britain's exports (plus a lot of cars and engines for the domestic market as well).
Jakarta, Rotterdam and Felixstowe (Britain's largest port), plus terminals in Myanmar and on both ends of the Panama Canal.
Would we indulge in still more talk-a-thons like those of the last two-plus years led by the European Union 3 (Britain, France and Germany) - for which the Iranians have publicly expressed appreciation as "buying time" for their nuclear program?
Some 140, 000 American troops are already in Iraq, plus over 20, 000 from other countries (mostly Britain).
And weaker identification with parties can be a plus: some of the worst-governed bits of Britain have suffered badly from a tribal instinct among voters that has stilted political competition and led a single party to think it had a monopoly on power.
And the monetary base (currency plus commercial bank reserves) has grown sharply in America, Britain and the euro zone.
The Security Council held informal talks on a third sanctions resolution, a draft of which was agreed by the five veto-wielding permanent members: Britain, China, France, Russia and United States plus Germany.
The report said Mottaki "reinforced the impression that progress could be imminent" between Iran and negotiators from the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany -- the "P5 plus 1, " a reference to the U.N.
CNN: Iran minister: We might consider U.S. diplomatic presence
It remains unclear, however, whether Iran would follow this with a full suspension of enrichment, which remains the condition set by America, Britain, France, Russia and China, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany for letting Iran off the sanctions hook.
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