Do widzenia!
The Polish people have spoken, and with one voice (well, mostly) they have said “Sod off, Law and Justice“. A great victory for modernity and liberal Europeanism over the voices of fear and hatred. Yay, Tusk!
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Cry Gord for Harry, England and Saint George!
It seems that our gutsy Prime Minister has defended our island race from the tireless assaults of those wicked Europeans. Why do they hate us so much? It seems like every time there’s an EU summit, they’re trying to take over this scepter’d isle with their hateful
MR(U)SA
Interesting report in the NY Times shows that it’s not just the NHS that’s having trouble with cleanliness. MRSA killed almost 18,650 patients in the US during 2005 – a rate of about 1 per 16,000 people. In England and Wales in the same year there were
Gore blimey
Congratulations to Al Gore (and the IPCC) for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. I see that the BBC ‘most recommended comments’ page on the topic is, as always, full of right wing nuts.
I wonder whether the right-wing noise machine that is the BBC Have Your Say feature is a
So proud to be British
How could I not be when we have such a wonderful upstanding press? Take the Daily Mail, which forever defends this island against politicians of a socialist bent, immigrants and those cunning, waxed-moustachioed Europeans. This fine example of all that is best about British honesty and fair play has, the
Free Parking
There’s an article in Salon today (sub or click through advert, sorry) that really surprised me. I’d always assumed that American car parks were so big because Americans drove everywhere. It turns out that the causation may in part be the other way round: lots of planning regulations
We trust you, Gordon
The odd thing about the Conservative policy announcement today – where they pledged to match Labour’s public service spending over the next three years – is that the plans aren’t published yet and won’t be for a month or so. Talk about signing a blank cheque: if I were
The rubber pierogi circuit
Ken Livingstone has been wooing London’s Polish community ahead of the elections next year, according to the Guardian. I may not be a Polish citizen (though it might come in handy if UKIP ever take over), but I’d think about voting for a man who offered pierogi.
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Military co-ordination
Interesting article in the Age, in which the former Australian PM Malcolm Fraser suggests that Canberra should never commit troops to a US-led mission unless (as happened with Britain in WWII) a senior Australian Minister can be resident in Washington DC and a member of the war cabinet.
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If it had been a fish it could have been battery
The most startling thing about this story – where a 12-year-old was arrested for chucking a sausage at an old gent in a restaurant – is this line from his mum:
“[Being arrested] had quite a bit of an effect on him. He couldn’t sleep. He takes sleeping tablets anyway – but