Stern parents might read it as calling for a Gradgrind-like clampdown; more indulgent ones as an inducement for the little darlings to try a little harder.At a meeting in Busan, South Korea, this October, the parents in question the representatives of the IPCC's member governments will decide which sort they want to be.
The shakier his government's economic and fiscal credentials begin to look, the less likely a fourth term becomes.One of Mr Darling's main objectives was to try to undo some of the damage from last autumn's botched tax reforms.
But Mr. Obasanjo, a retired general who is the West's new darling in Africa, seems resolved to try to improve the lives of Nigerians, even if he may find it as hard as previous leaders have to look beyond the big gated villa that is Abuja, Nigeria's spanking new capital, to the sprawling diversity and violent strife that lie beyond.
"Never too old to try something new, darling," says Trish, 82, gamely.
The slew of "But you said …" quotes from this newspaper and that, which Salmond used to try to make Darling look inconsistent, were too personal, all about undermining his opponent.
It is now too broke seriously to try.That leaves the purported niceness of Mr Darling's tightened squeeze on the rich, via the upwardly revised new rate of income tax on earnings above £150,000 ($218,000) and other pinches.
But Darling may try to free up the state's strained coffers by slapping higher taxes on gas-guzzling cars and alcohol, and there may be more word on the controversial plans to charge non-domiciles in Britain an annual fee.
Check out the video for their single "Darling," and try to pick out who's the most talented.
And Alec, darling, try to be more sexy if you can.
