Doubters on the Doorstep
The war in Iraq, declare the pollsters and some press 'experts', is not an issue that registers high on the list of voters' concerns in the forthcoming election.
Much more immediate worries, they argue, are the domestic issues of the health service, pensions and education.
No one can doubt the importance of the state of public services in this election, bearing in mind how much they have deteriorated in eight years under New Labour. But however much the media would like to deny it - or, as in this election, ignore it - the issue of the Iraq war will simply not go away.