GOOD-NATURED, SMILING GORDON BROWN has been doing his frequent-flyer mile card no harm recently in doing his best to convince the world, and more particularly the world in America, that a “united front” is the way forward to get our economies out of the current “credit crunch”. His latest trips involve him trying to sell the upcoming circus known as the G20 meeting to the media – there is no need to sell it to the leaders of the countries involved in the bash, as they all know that this will be yet another opportunity to indulge in some serious banqueting.
DASHED, HOWEVER, are his hopes of European Union support after today’s pronouncements by Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Prime Minister, and thus our present leader in Europe, who has rubbished Brown’s and Obama’s plans for recovery. While Gordon and Barack describe their policies as “the road to recovery”, Topolanek today described them as “the road to Hell.” All of this badinage might remind those of us with longer memories of movies involving Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong.
THIS IS STRONG LANGUAGE INDEED, yet somewhat to be expected from a country that seems to think that the European Union is a good dollop of tosh and a bit of tish, with their own president Vaclav Klaus having stated, on the 19th of February, that the European Parliament “does not represent any nation”, defending the people of Europe, in complete opposition to the autocratic leaders of the EU, who take the “rapist’s view” of decisions made by real people: that is, Ireland says “no”, and we think she really means “maybe”.
CRITICISM ALREADY ABOUNDS of hapless Topolanek and his heartfelt statement, and most of this concentrates on the “we are bigger than you, so we are better than you, so shut your mouth” style of rhetorical argument. One wonders what the Czech delegation will be served for starters at the upcoming summit when Gordon “Bob Hope” Brown serves up the supper.
DASHED, HOWEVER, are his hopes of European Union support after today’s pronouncements by Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Prime Minister, and thus our present leader in Europe, who has rubbished Brown’s and Obama’s plans for recovery. While Gordon and Barack describe their policies as “the road to recovery”, Topolanek today described them as “the road to Hell.” All of this badinage might remind those of us with longer memories of movies involving Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong.
THIS IS STRONG LANGUAGE INDEED, yet somewhat to be expected from a country that seems to think that the European Union is a good dollop of tosh and a bit of tish, with their own president Vaclav Klaus having stated, on the 19th of February, that the European Parliament “does not represent any nation”, defending the people of Europe, in complete opposition to the autocratic leaders of the EU, who take the “rapist’s view” of decisions made by real people: that is, Ireland says “no”, and we think she really means “maybe”.
CRITICISM ALREADY ABOUNDS of hapless Topolanek and his heartfelt statement, and most of this concentrates on the “we are bigger than you, so we are better than you, so shut your mouth” style of rhetorical argument. One wonders what the Czech delegation will be served for starters at the upcoming summit when Gordon “Bob Hope” Brown serves up the supper.
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