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The excitement is overwhelming!
My little heart is going pitter patter pitter patter.
Yes, we have a new leader. Or so they say.
I suppose we are all supposed to be excited and sitting on the edge of our seats, but frankly it’s about as exciting [and as relevant] as the Eurovision Song Contest.
Yer Wan, the new leader is at least a little more pleasant on the eyes than the previous incumbent but that is all I can say. In common with about 99.9% of the four hundred and more residents of Europe I have never heard of her before. I know sweet fuck all apart from the fact that she’s German. Why is that no surprise?
The only other that I have at least heard of is Christine Lagarde. Wasn’t she involved with accusations of some financial irregularity or other? If so, it shows she is eminently qualified to head up the European Bank. Maybe that was someone else? Who cares? It is all irrelevant anyway.
The whole thing smacks of some elite members’ only club that has weird rituals and handshakes. No one knows what really goes on and I doubt that many care.
Is there any real news doing the rounds?.
Why parade your ignorance; it's nothng to be proud of. For your information Christine Lagarde is one of the most influential women in the world in her present job and will lose nothing by changing to her new one. I suspect you actually knew that and think that faux ignorance is clever. In that as in most things you are wrong.
Welcome Ben! Ignorance? Frankly, she may be "influential" in some quarters but to claim she is "one of the most influential women in the world" is stretching things a bit?
Coincidentally, Microdave's comment [below] arrived just after yours. Interesting?
Congratulations! You win today's prize for attracting the most gormless troll.
Yes, she was. I found this link courtesy of Guido:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/christine-lagarde-avoids-sentence-despite-guilty-verdict-in-negligence-trial
With seven kids, at least the new EU Fuhrerine should go down well with the traditional Irish.
Maybe if she'd just 'gone down' she might have avoided a few of them.
Her abysmal record as a minister in Germany explains why the smart Germans are glad to see the back of her.