Alito Confirmed By Senate
Conservative Samuel Akito has now been confirmed as the latest right-wing appointment to Amerika's supreme cout - a legacy that will outlast the Bush administration itself. He is expected to be sworn in later today in time for Bush's annual procrastination on the state of the union. Expect the word "strong" in the speech but don't believe it for a second.
The wife of Martin Luther King passed on today. The other half of a civil rights partnership, the King legacy has been considered a lot in recent days following Amerika's annual memorial day. The message of King and his wife is more apt now than ever.
Here in London, Condi's come to town. For perceptive media watchers this has resulted in a transformation in the body language of our foreign secretary, Jack Straw. Whilst Blair is in usual show-off mode, Straw seems to have taken to performing like an excitable schoolboy in her presence. It would be comical save for the implications.
Today's Independent newspaper has a profusion of interesting stories. The world according to Bush is a good starter. The diffrences between the UK and the US in handling the Afghanistan opium problem is another.
On the web front CBS have a useful report on the worm due to hit your computers this Friday. Be prepared.
The EU are beefing up their biofuel strategy which might explain why the price of sugar is rocketing. Is sugar cane the future oil one asks?
Later.
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