Take a leak

I was going to do a spoof of WikiLeaks this week, after a series of more astounding revelations Americans are not big fans of the French or Italian leaders.

But frankly, it was hardly a surprise they do not like Berlusconi and Sarkozy – they are probably not alone in that, and that includes a lot of voters in France and Italy, as well as our own. What amused me most was the worst thing anyone could find to say was Angela Merkel of Germany was “too conservative and risk averse”. If that is an insult I can hardly wait to hear the compliments. If you are leading the most important economy in a continent like Europe, where other countries seem to be queueing like shoppers at Primark for bailouts, thank God someone is being conservative and ri...