December 5, 2003

Thanks to Atomz.com, we now have a search facility for Ranter posts…just look in the sidebar for “Search the Ranter”.

The new Europe minister, Denis MacShane, has launched a rant demanding the resignation of Romano Prodi on the grounds that he is spending too much time preparing his return to Italian politics. Whilst Macca has a point, it’s alarming that he went off like this. No.10 has now officially disowned the member for Rotherham’s brain…

Sydney Morning Herald story According to some mob called Access Economics, an immigrant benefits the Australian state on average by 250,000 dollars. Apparently, 15-year olds are the best value – unsurprisingly, refugees get the lowest grade in this rather cold-blooded calculus, averaging only A$111,000. So – how much cash are the Australians spending on scouring…

Yankee Blog “I don’t recall the site, but I recently saw a comment (perhaps in reference to that Zakaria piece) basically asking why Hu Jintao got a better reception in Australia than Bush. Someone responded by basically dismissing Australians as just too left-wing to worry about. This is the most moronic comment in the world.…