Summertime Off Scotland's Coast. It may be peaceful now, but the political scene is warming up. The G-8 meets in Edinburgh next week giving new meaning to the fringe and environs beyond the fringe. P.M. Blair has his work cut out for him both at this conference, which he hosts, and also at Brussels, starting tomorrow. Somehow the notion of squabbling with M. Chirac for two weeks in a row is a bit much to ask of anyone. On the agenda of the EU is a five year budget to be approved on the heels of the Franco/Dutch disaster of last week. In Edinburgh, the topic is nothing less than the eradication of poverty with a soupcon of global warming thrown in. Good Luck, Sir.