Ah – Politics
I'm not sure what was giving me the most entertainment value yesterday.
It could have been Robert Kilroy-Silk resigning the UKIP whip after that glorious moment when he had his microphone turned off in the Parliament (and I see he's now predicting doom for the 'party' if they expel him).
Or it might have been the aftermath of the European Parliament's imminent rejection of his Commission that caused Jose Manual Barosso to hold off putting it to the vote, watching those of both pro and con camps addressing themselves to the situation. I keep seeing it referred to as the day that European Parliamentary Democracy finally came into its own, which certainly seems to be the case. Obviously I'm glad that someone with the views of Rocco Buttiglione (and the record of having inplementing policy informed by those views) will likely be denied such an important role, but I'm more pleased that the Parliament has indeed finally asserted itself. The Commission may well get the work done, but while so much power and influence clearly resided in the non-elected body, Europe-bashers always have an unnecessary additional weapon at their disposal.