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Peace without honour

Saturday, 20th March 2004

Dan Hannan says no one could have foretold in the immediate aftermath of the bombs that Spain would vote for appeasement

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Few election results are wholly unpredicted. Punditry is a trade that places a premium on being counter-cyclical. As soon as a consensus begins to emerge around a particular outcome, someone — often Mark Steyn — begins to forecast the opposite. If he is proved right, he can justifiably swank about it afterwards; and if not, no one much minds.

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