Sunday, 8 February 2009

Sleaze, Spin and How the Obamas are Already Turning Into Tony and Cherie Blair

'Well, that didn't take long. Less than a fortnight into Obama's presidency, the gloss is off already. Looks like the new president has come out as what he was all along: a Chicago Democrat politician surrounded by cronies who've been failing to pay their income tax.'

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The Rise of the EU Quangos 

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Just like in the UK, all too many EU agencies duplicate work done elsewhere, crowd out private sector activity and add very dubious value. Probably the most indefensible of these bodies is the European Defence Agency (EDA). It is well-documented that European nations do not spend enough on their own defence.

But instead of increasing that spending, Eurocrats decided the solution was to set up a quango.'

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