EU has effrontery to refer to Egyptian citizens' "yearnings".

A report from the EU Observer, linked here, carries this headline "EU to Cairo: respect 'legitimate yearnings' of citizens"....... what about the yearnings of the citizens of the EU for a return of their democracies, an end to unaudited spending excesses, a halt to systemised corruption and respect for the results of national referenda?

Look at the poll results in Germany, posted immediately beneath this posting, at lunchtime today! 68%, that is correct 68% of those asked expressed distrust of the Euro currency! (Link added to poll results on Open Europe Blog 1315 CET 27/11/11)

Egypt - Mubarak's son flees to Britain, reports!

As I pointed out last Sunday, Egypt is where some press attention should nows be directed. The Times of India now reports that President Mubarak's son has fled to Britain, read here.

A rare item of good journalism from Britain's mainstream media.

Although of little relevance to the topics of main interest to this blog, a piece of good, informative and intelligent reporting from a UK based journalist in a British broadsheet is nowadays such a rare item these days, that it is worth linking to. Read Jack Shenker in this morning's Observer from here, on what will likely soon become one of the West's main concerns.