REASONS TO BE SLIGHTLY CHEERFUL?

The PM's dual messages Simon Barrow Guardian Comment-is-Free, Sep 05 07, 09:00am: There may not be much to separate Brown from Blair, but his attempts to move ground in Iraq and unlock domestic democracy are reasons to be hopeful.

Here's a further comment on this, responding to the inevitable torrents of cynicism. It's not like I'm saying "in Gordon we trust" in some naive or straightforward way. More like: "here's a door, let's push".