Some reports say that the Prime Minister has overruled Robin Cook and Clare Short, the International Development Secretary, in favour of the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Trade and Industry.

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In short, Uncle Sam is playing reverse Robin Hood.

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If so, a name will be added to the short scroll of those who have radically altered Britain's constitution: that of Robin Finlayson Cook.

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