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auf englisch, bitte?

Much bafflement in Downing Street and the Treasury today over what on earth Angela Merkel was up to. The German Chancellor had apparently issued a blanket guarantee that all German savings accounts would be guaranteed by the Government. This matters...

Posted by Tomos Livingstone on October 6, 2008 5:17 PM

Still dreaming of moules frites

Returning from a two-week break in foreign climes is like waking from a deep sleep. One of the first instincts is to inquisitively find out what has been missed while lost in dream-laden slumbers betwixt the first moules-frites and final...

Posted by Tom Bodden on September 3, 2008 9:48 AM

At last the EU has realised it's bananas

Not often that we can bring you news of victory. But at last the clowns at the European Commission have voted to scrap the nonsense laws that dictate the exact shape, colour and size of our vegetables. Our cucumbers will...

Posted by Paul Cole on July 21, 2008 11:05 AM

The Lisbon Treaty and the massive contempt of the ruling class for the voters

We've heard a lot about respect in recent days over the Lisbon Treaty - which hopes to reform the EU and which was approved by parliament yesterday. Gordon Brown said he respected the Irish people's decision to reject the treaty,...

Posted by Tom Scotney on June 19, 2008 7:42 AM

USA - the axis of evil?

Ah-ha... I see Iran's uranium enrichment is back in the news today. Apparently, an EU delegation is making a new diplomatic effort to resolve the present stand off between the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the West....

Posted by Roshan Doug on June 14, 2008 8:45 PM

Unnatural animal diets

Hot on the hooves of the news that beef produced abroad can be sold over here as British comes another disturbing revelation. EU officials are considering allowing pig remains to be fed to chickens because the price of grain -...

Posted by Paul Fulford on May 4, 2008 4:41 PM