The Socialist victory in Greece has added a dash of red to the map of the EU, but the Blues of the centre-right European People's Party still dominates the EU Council . President Blair will feel right at home.
Topics: Europe

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Another day, another Labour leadership campaign video on YouTube. Judging from this, Carwyn's third video, Team Edwina got to the Labour Assembly group's only tripod first...
Topics: Carwyn Jones, Labour Party, Wales

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London Mayor Boris Johnson gave a remarkable performance on Newsnight last night . Boris on the Lisbon Treaty. Boris on David Cameron. How anyone can doubt that the Tories are ready for government is beyond me.
Topics: Boris Johnson, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Europe, UK

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I love a bit of blasphemy, me.
Topics: Wales

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Blogging will be light, very light, for the rest of the year as I'll be dedicating more time to things in the offline world, which inevitably get neglected when one spends so much time updating a political blog and keeping abreast of events etc.Hwyl..
Topics: Notes

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