The lightshave dimmed severely in the world of the dark oneswhoare stillnotwilling toconcede defeat, yet have been made toclearly understand what theirfate is.
Perhaps the market is assuming US sales will quickly return as the domestic economy steadily improves, but that is an assumption we are notwillingtoconcede.
When Mr Blair became prime minister, a lot of Tories, not least Margaret Thatcher, were willingtoconcede that for a Labour leader, he was not at all bad.
Are you willingtoconcede at all that what happened last night was not just an expression of frustration about the economy, but a fundamental rejection of your agenda?