NATO's demands, the alliance will have to send in the bombers or risk becoming a laughing-stock.

ECONOMIST: More killing in Kosovo

But Mr Bremner foresees several areas which have the potential to turn Labour, in time, into a laughing-stock.

ECONOMIST: Blair and the comedians

So why is Mr Bush being treated as a laughing-stock?

ECONOMIST: LEXINGTON

And she - when Congress - it sort of became a national laughing stock when McCain made an issue of it and others made an issue of it, as a bridge that would connect you know, very small populations to each other but cost a lot of money to do so.

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