So, Barack Obama is currently touring Europe. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: Europe, why? Doesn’t he detest the Old Continent?

Well, yeah. Judging by the way he has treated Europe ever since he became president, at least.

Apparently, however, he now feels we’re somehow of vital importance for his agenda. (You wonder whether his dismal approval ratings at home have anything to do with this trip, but that as an aside) So he graces us with his presence. Oh my, how wonderful: the almighty himself has arrived. (I guess that means that the end of Europe is indeed nigh; nigher even than most of us thought)

The British newspaper the Telegraph reports that British PM David Cameron and Obama have dubbed the relationship between their two countries, which was once known as “the special relationship,” as the essential relationship.| MORE ›

This is an excerpt of my latest post for Hot Air.

Tory leader David Cameron has caused somewhat of a controversy in Britainby saying he does not want former Prime Minister Tony Blair to become president of the European Union. Is there a president of the EU, you might ask? Why no, not as of yet, but Brussels has decided it should have more power and that, in order to have it, it also needs to have its very own president.| MORE ›

This is not exactly surprising:

On the day before two British National Party (BNP) members take their seats in the European Parliament following last month’s election victory, a London-based think tank has published a report showing the party’s natural affinity with Nazi ideology.

Of course it has. How that can surprise anybody is beyond me.| MORE ›

The Daily Telegraph reports:

Parliamentary authorities, overseen by Michael Martin, the Speaker, gave secret permission for some MPs to over-claim for thousands of pounds in home loan interest in deals that led to the systematic abuse of the taxpayer-funded expenses system.| MORE ›

The British economy shrank at its fastest in almost 30 years in the first quarter of 2009, official data showed Friday. The news heaves fresh doubt on government hopes of a quick recovery.

AFP summarizes the findings as follows:| MORE ›

And people wonder why nobody respects the police any longer:

A sergeant who was seen apparently hitting a female demonstrator at a G-20 protest in London has been suspended, police said Wednesday…

The photos and video were shot April 2 in front of the Bank of England.| MORE ›

It seems (in Dutch) that America’s Barack Obama isn’t the only Western leader treating friends as enemies and enemies as friends: Gordon Brown will meet Libya’s leader Muammar Kaddafi this Thursday.

What makes this coming meeting even more troubling is that Brown recently talked Scotland into releasing the man responsible for the Lockerbie attack in 1988, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi.| MORE ›

Dr. George Tiller, who provided late term abortions, has been murdered in his church in Kansas. A suspect is in custody, and law enforcement officials are supposed to have an announcement shortly.

I have long argued that the Roe vs. Wade case was a case of dubious legal interpretation by the majority of justices, and that I generally prefer to limit abortion more than is currently allowed in most states.| MORE ›

Hazel Blears wrote quite an interesting column for the liberal Guardian newspaper about how she believes Britain’s Labor Party can win next year’s elections.| MORE ›

The AFP reports:

Libya plans to seek the extradition of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi who is serving a life term in Scotland and suffering from terminal cancer, a source close to the case told AFP on Monday.| MORE ›

British Telegraph journalist Iain Martin believes it is time for Obama to go home: he’s a bore.

Writes Iain Martin for the Telegraph:

Isn’t it time for him to go home yet? It is good, in theory, that the new President of the United States is taking so much time to tour Europe.| MORE ›