First (uncomfortable) thoughts
So what to talk about today? Right now I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable with the footage of the announcement that . Mr Birkhead emerged from the courthouse a happy and proud father, but did the crowd really need to cheer?
Ms Smith's partner and lawyer, Howard Stern, behaved with great dignity, appearing alongside Mr Birkhead to say he was very disappointed by the DNA test but he was going to do his best to ensure Mr Birkhead got full custody of the child. That behaviour contrasted starkly with the reaction of the crowd.
Anyway, that's got that off my chest. I'm not sure there's a discussion to be had there, but I wanted to vent.
I'm not sure there's a discussion here either, but the International Committee of the Red Cross says . And Oxfam says its staff are when trying to work in conflict zones .
And yesterday Mark posted on the blog to ask why we're not talking about the French elections. The , although as Mark said, they've been going at it for some time:
A lot is at stake for France, the EU, and the world... It seems to me France has a multitude of intractable problems, the political realities in utter opposition to any hope to solve the serious economic and social dilemmas of the country. This will be an interesting one. The future course of France and the EU could hang in the balance on the outcome.
The latest talking point is Nicolas Sarkosy saying that .
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