Don't mention the war
Ben Brogan has been blogging from the EU summit. And (as usual) brilliantly too (really, don't miss it).
Among the gems, is this report on the behaviour of the Polish Prime Minister:
In an interview for Polish national radio, he has accused Germany of murdering 26 million Poles, leaving his country at a numerical disadvantage in the EU's new population-weighted voting system.
He said: "We are only demanding one thing, that we get back what was taken from us. If Poland had not had to live through the years of 1939-45, Poland would be today looking at the demographics of a country of 66m"
Then again, Ben himself clearly hasn't forgotten the war. His front page story this morning in the Mail refers to:
the summit being held in Germany
Well up to a point, Ben. But after the war Brussels went back to being in Belgium.
...and the Polish Prime Minister didn't accuse Germany of murdering 26 million Poles. He said that the Polish population would be 26m higher today if it weren't for the German invasion. The 26m will surely include those murdered plus their children, their grand-children and some great-grand-children.
Posted by: Chris Clark | 22 Jun 2007 13:10:11
Who know what the population of the UK might have been if the Romans had not invaded? Has anyone challenged the Italians on this?
Posted by: Andy | 22 Jun 2007 15:13:25