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Judging by the current version RTE website story on Ian Paisley’s departure as FM and DUP leader, Enda Kenny was first out of the starting gate with a statement Hopefully the government is not so distracted that this could catch them off guard. One wonders if Paisley might now attend the 10th anniversary observance of the Good Friday agreement next month, adding to the valedictory air of the event.
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A second Irish referendum? Eurocrats have a better idea
Dan Hannan at the Telegraph reckons the plan in Brussles is not for a second referendum but instead to parachute in sections of the Lisbon Treaty via legislation.
"Are Americans and Europeans simply more compassionate than Asians?" asks Ian Buruma. Asking why it is that Chinese and Malaysian warships are not sitting of the Burmese coast with food. Thought provoking? Or a bit prejudiced?
Jurge Habermas once argued that the EU could provide a model for a new constellation of democratic politics allowing for transcendence of national partisanship. Now he is not so sure - the EU response to Lisbon is tending towards authoritarianism
Did the Commission Lie About its Own Poll?
Openeurope asks whether the commission engaged in a little bit of number fudging in the run up to its poll being released. If it didn’t I am thinking that political leaking took place from elsewhere in the system.
but it will smell awful
what replaces him? That may well be the big question considering the by-election disaster