Politics around the world

Biggest story: Tony Blair will announce he's stepping down tomorrow at noon as Labour party leader. Cue 7-8 weeks of leadership-non-competition, followed by election by Labour MPs of the new PM, Gordon Brown. Blair should be remembered as: not a bad PM but not a good man either. He's done some good for the country but a lot of harm to British politics.

Catalonia: Generalitat delegate in Madrid sacked for saying ex-Pres Maragall is "physically and psychologically unwell". This is because Maragall basically admitted that the new Estatut is toothless and that the whole enterprise was a bit of a waste of time, if it didn't happen at the same time as Spanish Constitutional amendments. ERC claim he's now agreeing with them... and possibly he is, but they always say stuff like that.

USA: Romney, a candidate for the Republican party nomination said that he couldn't think of anything he dislikes about America. Fair enough... it's a tough question, I guess, for a man applying for the job of leading a nation. Maybe he doesn't like the 'bigotry' people who are suggesting that a Mormon might not be the best candidate for US President? If you ask me, anyone who believes in any kind of hocus pocus makes a bad candidate... but the people will have their way.

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