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Marie-Antoinette never said 'Let them eat cake'.

But Lord Mandelson did suggest that unemployed Brits can 'go and work in Europe'.

President Obama's judgment seems to be questionable.

Although he might have expressed the sentiment with a little more finesse, you can't deny that Sheriff Richard Davidson had a point.

Ban The Tax Havens Now. No Representation Without Taxation!

Much recent reporting of migrant workers currently in the UK is reminiscent of 'The Grand Old Duke of York' -

'O The Grand Old Duke Of York

He had 10,000 men,

And when they had marched to the top of the hill

Then he marched them down again

And when they were up, they were up,

And when they were down, they were down,

And when they were only halfway up,

They were neither up nor down'.

One, a Polish woman named Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz who projects an insufferable public image in 'The Guardian', has been marched down the hill and straight into the Job Centre. She should not fear - Tony Miranda might be hiring. She might even get a reference from Neal Ascherson.

A small story of multicultural Watford. Elton John should compose a song...

The European Union seems to be promoting - protectionism! AARRGGHHH!!!!

In other outbreaks of economic millenarianism, it's been reported that '(f)ailure to save East Europe will lead to worldwide meltdown'. Or not, as the case may be.

Shona Robison, aka The Fag Hag, has her sights set on banning cigarette machines. If she succeeds in her goal, then presumably these items could be recycled for use in the storage of sensitive NHS data.

Alan Keyes on Obama. Wonderful, wonderful stuff; as are the very important questions being asked of the president in respect of his intentions regarding The School Of The Americas.

Archbishop Charles Chaput appears to have been studying the life of Becket.

Foreign criminal stuff - Norilda Ortiz (while Guevara went to Bolivia to die, she got out as far as Stranraer).

A bit of wishful thinking going on here, perhaps.

The Conservatives are shoulder to shoulder with the government in their support for The Pillage Of The Post Office. For a party which apparently celebrates the rights of the individual, its members consistently display a remarkable capacity for ideological uniformity. After all, it was they who privatised the railways.

The best comment on the whole Post Office thing has come from John Harris. The pillage only seems justifiable under the economics of 'The Magic Roundabout'. The only way to save the banks is to nationalise them - the only way to save the Post Office is to privatise it. Royal Bank pensioners walk away with full boots - Post Office pensioners get threatened with pension cuts.

At some point, as he tries to address these contradictions, I expect steam to start emanating from Lord Mandelson's ears.

Europe's leaders are apparently 'missing'. But not all of them - Barroso has recently insulted Putin in the Kremlin, in true 'Watermelon Man' style.

The offshore oil industry's labour market may soon be becoming less 'flexible'.

And students of the life of Louis XIV should remember his deathbed regret - that he made war too lightly.

Lastly, students of events where the imposition of ideology has had a negative impact upon the institution that the ideology was supposed to improve are directed to Lord Gill's broadside in the case of Woodside - v - Her Majesty's Advocate. Paragraphs 66 to 80 are particularly good.