Peretz s strategy may draw voters from other parties on the left, but Labor will most likely lose centrist voters (and those for whom national security is paramount) to Sharon.

In the case of Guyana, our economy stands to lose some 40 million per annum, a sum that negates the 8 million in debt relief which is expected to flow from the recent G 8 decisions.

And I'm up there in Boston against people wearing legs made of all things carbon graphite and, you know, shock absorbers in them and all sorts of things and they're all looking at me like, OK, we know who's not going to win this race.