It's a strange business. Doesn't seem to have been personal with Mandelson, more him wanting to please factions within the party. (View Post)

Other than the comical absurdity of the breast enlargement issue, it does play in to a popular criticism of politicians. That they make fantastical promises that they can't deliver. (View Post)

That is Iranian oil not the oil of all the other Gulf countries? (View Post)

If you just want to feel good, fine. But that won't get us out of it. (View Post)

Sorry but it's a fantasy to think that Europe can wash its hands of the crisis in Iran and the gulf. It has the potential to wreck the global economy. Cause starvation among the world's poo… (View Post)