President Blair

After the ratification of the Lisbon treaty by the Czech Republic Europe has taken another step towards a United States of Europe by adopting the first EU constitution. The upshot of this is it’s time for the first so called “European President” to be appointed as the EU becomes greater than the sum of its parts. I find it rather ironic that it’s the Czechs…

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A full house under the lights…

It started going right shortly after the franchise was awarded, this was a different type of ownership group because they listened to the fans when they announced the name of the team.  This was followed up with the signing of Schmit, Ljungberg and Keller. The fans responded by buying 22,000 season tickets. A good foundation, but as the national media kept reminding us we were…

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What’s next for Brawn?

Formula-1 is hardly a sport known for surprises and this year has thrown them up left right and center. Honda withdrew from the sport after investing untold millions of euros and sold the remains of the team to Ross Brawn, who promptly went out and won both the drivers and constructors championships less than a year later. On reflection Hondas decision to quit looks like…

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