A DAY OF REST

After a pretty hectic week I am going to have a quite day today, plus I have to squeeze in a long overdue hospital visit to see a good friend who thanks to a Council bin wagon still has a leg suspend in mid air!

There was still time to have a quick look at the papers however, and it’s The Sunday Times that has the best spread this week. Lord Goldsmith, the current but “on his way out” Attorney General, has confirmed my feelings yesterday when he confided in a friend that “I jumped before I was pushed”. I hope he has a good life jacket, because the sea he finds himself in is going to get pretty rough!

Blair’s claims that the new European Treaty he has signed on behalf of the entire country wont really effect us looks pretty flimsy if the analysis of the paper proves correct. Blair has happily given up Britain’s veto on over 70 issues, the most important being:

1. The Choice of the new “high representative” for foreign policy.
2. Who takes part in European military operations.
3. The rules which govern the European Court of Justice
4. Policies on sport and tourism
5. The adopting and auditing of accounts re the community budget of £87 billion per year.

Not worthy of a referendum apparently. Wrong, it’s the treaty we all dreaded, and it’s being introduced via the back door in dribs and drabs.

Finally, a little snippet from “a face book comparison” between old Tony and Gordon. Listed under Brown’s friends is a certain “tea lady at number 10”. Now who could that be! Check out next week’s posts, Edith has put pen to paper and the letters in the post!