One wonders if when you learn to write properly and therefore have the opportunity to better understand what you read, you might realize that the point is not how long a party manages to stay in government but how the country evolves and the people live during that time. But then, sadly, you might prefer to listen to the spin and keep your eyes closed or indeed you might be a fan of iced buns, poor you!

Blair and Schroeder were supposed to be at that Silk Road promotional event in Guiyang, which is why Muscat was so excited at being summoned to read out Xi Jinping’s speech.

Except that Blair and Schroeder didn’t turn up, so Muscat had to make do with John Prescott.

Good article, thanks.

This is another excellent article on the persecution of Christians and the West’s prejudice in not offering any solutions, except for the symbolic assistance offered by France to the Christians of Mosul of course:

http://www.corriere.it/editoriali/14_luglio_28/indifferenza-che-uccide-75e4cd0a-1613-11e4-a64f-72b5237763b1.shtml

Keep on doing what you do because you are our voice.

Cherie Blair partly responsible for Regione Toscana’s draconian laws on what foreigners can and cannot buy.

The nineties had resulted in hamlets gentrified beyond recognition. Neo-colonisation by a patronising, ‘caring’ left.

In the end it was about how hypocritical it was to impose swimming pools, golf and gated communities disrupting a rural fabric, outpricing everyone else out of the market.

Come to think of it, we got two Cherie Blairs.