“The whole argument about a referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon treaty has been a sham, documented by ignorance and deception on all sides”

It’s about bloody time if so…

More top-notch post-referendum vote analysis, well worth a read

“This is the first of a series of posts on the elections that will be held in Italy on the 13-14th April” – and a very handy introduction/reminder it is too.

“is there anything that Vladimir Putin could have done, when it came to rigging this election, that would have prevented some EU governments from applauding?”

“Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB president, signalled he could do nothing about the euro’s rise after the central bank’s governing council left its main interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent, where it has stood since last June”

Erm… Doesn’t she get that Medvedev’s either just a stooge or a clone of Putin? Why change?

I thought ETA had declared a ceasefire? Damnit – I really am out of touch about Spanish politics these days. (Not that I was ever overly in touch, but still…)

“President Nicolas Sarkozy is in hiding. As the first, great electoral test of his presidency looms tomorrow and next weekend, the all-action “omnipresident” has become unusually elusive”