Now it looks as if the government is heading for a collision with the ECHR.
The outbreak of violence came as the government, which had been suspended over an arms dispute, headed for its first sustained function.
The Military government, mostly high-ranking generals, headed the Pakistan Armed Forces in the dual conflict.
Italy's new government headed by media magnate Silvio Berlusconi contains five neo-fascist ministers.
The Republican government headed for the French border.
The government heads this week into the home stretch of its case against two former Enron chief executives.
As elected governments head towards elections - especially those they look likely to lose - Whitehall's elite routinely disengage and quietly prepare for change.
Is the government heading in the right economic direction?
Now the money is almost spent, and Western governments are heading for the exits.
With Britain's continuing economic difficulties and industrial strife in the 1960s, King convinced himself that Wilson's government was heading towards collapse.