So much for wishful thinking – I guess after last week’s disappointments I should have learned my lesson by now, but I still keep hoping for some good news from the States. Instead, John Ashcroft is replaced as Attourney General … Continue reading →

Wall Street may have pinged its collective red braces in glee when Dubya was reinstated, but the rest of the world had better start watching the pennies. Today, the dollar slumped to a new record low against the Euro, breaching … Continue reading →

As expected, Jack McConnell‘s plans to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces were shooed through the Scottish Executive today. Smokers all over the country are, unsurprisingly, tearing their hair out at the thought of not being able to have a … Continue reading →

Fuck the South. Beautiful, just beautiful… (Link via Bloggerheads) Update: It seems there’s some agreement… Update 2: More irate Democrats, but do they have a reason to feel ripped off? Update 3: A very good – if long – article … Continue reading →

In a shock move, the King-Emperor Henry IV of Germany was today appointed to replace John Ashcroft, who has reluctantly resigned his post as US Attourney General. The move is seen as an unusual one, as it had been thought … Continue reading →

The ex-candidate commissioner Rocco Buttiglione, who resigned after MEPs took his comments about single mothers and homosexuals somewhat badly, is launching a crusade for Catholicism and Christianity, claiming the EU is being taken over by a political correctness which effectively … Continue reading →

The healing continues (link to Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire)

French military involvement in Ivory Coast escalates, with very little impact on a world focussed on Iraq and the middle east. But like Iraq, this involvement has not secured the unanimous support of the effected country. Comparisons with British involvement … Continue reading →

Perhaps being a bit presumptious – he is after all in a *reversible* coma – but hugely important nonetheless. Like Fidel Castro (another ailing leader) Arafat both embodies a whole national (or wannabe national) movement and represents an era that … Continue reading →

After all the chaos (see here, here, here, here, here, here and here), Barroso seems to have made his new choices, as summarised by The Washington times and analysed by EuropeanDemocracy.org. There have only been two changes of personnel, although … Continue reading →

Bush’s second term as Commander-in-Chief gets off to a good start as an F-16 from the Air National Guard (Bush’s old outfit) strafes a school in New Jersey with cannon fire. Hell – they voted for Kerry, after all… Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

At least the US has a proper two party system, and a strong opposition. We’re stuck with Blair until either the Tories or the Lib Dems can shake off their respective images as second-rate parties filled with delusional idiots. There … Continue reading →

Is the Express trying to hint at something with this juxtaposition of Bush family photo and headline? The depressing reality… The fear… And a couple of reasons to be cheerful… Update: The Mirror does its bit for improving trans-Atlantic relations:

George W Bush has been duly elected by a significant majority of the popular vote and – in all likelihood – by a good margin of the electoral college vote to boot. My deepest, most heartfelt condolences to any Kerry-voting … Continue reading →