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“Making a fortune is simple. All you need to do is find something worthless and give it value.”

I have no idea who came up with that concept, but he or she was one smart cookie.

There’s a curious news situation going on here in Europe today.

All of the news sources of any significance, including the BBC, are running headline near-saturation coverage on the death of Edward Kennedy in the United States.

Yet, aside from some Irish, I have not met or heard of one single European today who cares, other than perhaps in a kind of “An old guy died? That’s a shame, but it happens…” way. That’s the way I feel too. Sure we have heard of his name, but that’s really all.

The European press have clearly now realised this as they are starting to try to make us think that we should care, but we still don’t as the best they can do is stuff like this;

Anchor; “So tell us why he was such an important figure”.

American being interviewed: “Well, he was extremely important, he was family of JFK, for example, and he was almost like a president himself”.

That’s just not going to do it for Europeans. We don’t know the guy, and never did.

So, maybe we can have some other news now that doesn’t assume that we are all Americans? Because we’re not, you know.

Two thousand and nine is half gone, already.

So fast. It seems like I only wrote this a couple of months ago.

On the other hand, someone I wrote about a little less time ago now seems like ancient history; this guy. Remember him?

The James Purnell resignation letter in full. Released, at 10pm at night, just one day after another cabinet minister’s shock resignation, and just one day before the publication of – what are expected to be – truly terrible Labour Party results in English local and European elections.

If that letter isn’t proof that British politics, when at it’s worse, is really British politics at it’s best, then I don’t know what is.

Behind-the-scenes plots, intrigue, dark whispers, secret collaborations, and, now, a dagger in the dark.

You really couldn’t make it up.

Yesterday, North Korea carried out another nuclear test. This one more powerful than the last. Bad news.

Luckily though, in order to help solve this highly dangerous situation;

‘The UN security council will hold an emergency meeting in New York later today to discuss its response’.

This is good news, as we can always rely on the United Nations.

Right?