The Union flag is flying over a new stretch of Iraq. British troops have moved west of Basra to assume responsibility for the neighbouring province and in the process have more than doubled the area under direct British military control.Behind the move lies the erosion of President George W Bush's "coalition of the willing". The Dutch started pulling their troops out after the Jan 30 Iraqi election on the basis that the advent of democracy meant that their mission was accomplished. Last month the Queen's Dragoon Guards moved in to Muthanna province, 30,000 square miles of scrub and desert stretching...