21.   Ministers rallied round Juppe Wednesday.

22.   Senior politicians rallied round Wednesday, claiming that Mitterrand was fully able to fulfil his role until he left office last May.

23.   The Arroyo government has sued for time, partly because it did not want his followers to rally round him.

24.   The Mail on Sunday and The Express on Sunday have rallied round the Conservatives, as has the Sunday Telegraph.