“The names being whispered in Brussels are those of politicians that even most Europeans have never heard of” – good stuff

And they’re, well, a bit of a shoddy compromise, from what I can tell…

A bit more analysis. Shame – they seem to have rushed this whole idea, when it could have been an ideal chance to do something really impressive.

Hilarious! Yet more Kosovo fall-out, perhaps? The Aland Islands were on my handy list of wannabe European nations, after all… Heh!

I would cheer, but that means Patricia Hewitt’s the frontrunner… Why can’t we send someone decent? Oh, yeah… They haven’t GOT anyone decent…

Nice overview of how we’ve ended up with Russia as some kind of energy-based plutocracy – well worth a read