European politics is rarely the backdrop for incidence and romance, but the events of this morning have had it all. Well, it's been more interesting than a statutory instrument committee, which is progress.
So, Cameron announces that the Tories are set to leave the European People's Party (EPP) in order to garner some cheap anti-European headlines ... I mean provide real opposition to the Brussels bureaucracy. Presumably he'll worry about the headlines generated by some of the more, uh, fruity thoughts on race on the part of their potential partners in the Shiny New Group at a later date.
