I have been trying to work out in my mind why it was that Mr Howard had ignited the Abortion debate. Then all of a sudden it struck me. Perhaps I am just being cynical myself, but it would seem to me that Howards proposal to reduce the number of weeks that a baby in the womb needs to fear abortion was indeed deliberately floated by him. You see, despite what the media would like us to believe some kind of restrictions on abortion are actually popular. So I ask myself was Howard actually being cynical and populist over abortion?

Certainly his latest yahoo pollicy of being tough on tavellers and tough on the causes of travellers is more easy to see as the pollitics of the opportunist. Could it be that focus groups and polls have shown Howard that the UK is loosing its love for abortion on demand?