Now There's a Pretty Sight.

After weeks of losses stock markets across Europe have today (20/7/11) finished up. A small part of the reason for this is that the Brits have been given a bloody nose and they're generally considered to be a threat to economic prosperity. The main reason though is the three day European Union leaders summit that will end tomorrow (21/7/11). Although no-one is expecting this meeting to end in an agreement the noises coming out suggest that EU leaders are approaching the point where they will properly tackle the Eurozone's Sovereign debt crisis. As you may have noticed from his appearance in House of Commons Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron was not invited to this meeting.

Also today there was an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the issues surrounding climate change. Britain were most certainly invited to this meeting in much the same way the Commons select committee invited Rupert Murdoch to appear in front of them.

Serbia has also approved the extradition of Goran Hadzic to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. This gives the ICC no choice other then to handle a case of forced transfer of ethnic groups while Britain carries out the Dale Farm gypsy eviction in Essex. Britain has responded by announcing that the former leader of Essex County Council, Lord Hannigfield has been denied permission to appeal against his conviction for expenses fraud. The Dale Farm eviction is still on though.

I am also aware that the United Nations have declared a full famine in Somalia. However I still need some time to do some research and find the right words to discuss this very complex and serious situation in more detail without making it worse. I will try and do that tomorrow before I go down to Brighton for the usual routine of discussing vital matters of state. The local health authority could of course use my absence to force my grandmother's discharge but unless there's a dramatic and rapid improvement in her mental state that's not very likely.