THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE

All the fuss about the homophobic misogynist new justice commissioner - Rocco Buttiglione – has thrown up a number of great ironies. First the wonderful Peter Mandelson (current salary a cool £145,590 plus expenses) is put in the position of having to defend his anti-gay colleague, or be given the heave just as he’s got his feet under the desk.

Second the Tories – the biggest British block on Europe – in itself one of life’s little conundrums - are having to support the hapless Buttiglione Mandelson & Co!

Still anything that’s a major blow to Peter Mandelson and Silvio Berlusconi can’t be all bad.
Socialist officials estimated 362 legislators would have voted against the commission and 345 in favour. "He's done the numbers and knows he doesn't have a majority," said Denmark's Jens Peter Bonde, joint leader of the Eurosceptic Independence and Democracy group.
The whole thing’s been a great example of how horse-trading and the appointed bunch of crooks called the Commissioners run the show. Now the Popes got involved!