I have no idea what this is supposed to achieve.

Irish lobbyists get Obama camp (I'm highly skeptical that it's actually Obama himself) to support an inquiry into the 1989 murder of a Northern Ireland solicitor. Why on earth these guys think that statement in response to a questionnaire is likely to have any effect on the process is beyond me.

Ah, the return of Peter Mandelson (round 3)

INCOMING business secretary Peter Mandelson warned yesterday that the EU could be hit by a surge of “economic nationalism” after European governments enacted a series of unilateral moves to shore up their financial systems at the expense of other member states. (link)

And today:

The British government has announced a part-nationalisation of the country's eight main banks with a bailout worth up to £50bn. (link)

I can see Mr. Mandelson is getting on just fine with his new coworkers.

dancing waider, half-marathon edition

( and our final dancing lesson for this year... )