Right about 08 before it even started

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Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I'm not one for predictions hence I admire those who chance it and especially those who get a lot right (see Tony Judt in last year's oD). But Robin Lustig the excellent presenter of BBCs The World Tonight has already scooped a prize, predicting in his blog on the 21st December that "I think we’ll hear less about Iran and more about Pakistan".

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