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I was once so firmly convinced that Ambrose Evans-Pritchard couldn't possibly exist that I went to the extent of ringing up the Daily Telegraph Newsdesk and asking if I could get in touch with him -- since the stories he retailed about Bill Clinton were so beyond loopy that no real person would be associated with them. He *had* to be some sort of right-wing composite nom de guerre. Alas, he does and did indeed exist, and now even has a WIKI piece on him (which would have saved me a hell of a lot of trouble when I was chasing his identity across the internet Way Back When). The man is quite beyond mad, permanently frothing into his porridge. Robin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Max Richards Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: 'poet von Rompuy' Trying to read the paper over breakfast, the word 'poet' hauled me up. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (reprinted in the Melbourne 'Age' from the 'Telegraph') writes: Italy’s youth are turning. Watch the footage of students chanting "democracy" and brandishing their "95 Theses" of Wittenberg revolt as poet Van Rompuy tried to speak in Fiesole. "No to Austerity," starts the Luther List: "Troika out of Greece", "IMF and ECB out of Italy, Ireland, and Portugal", it goes on. "The EU has become ever less accountable to the people of Europe. The undemocratic structures have infiltrated the very structures of the Union," they said. Behold "the EU’s furious reaction to the Greek government’s effort to seek popular consent over the financial stranglehold imposed on the country. No longer are expressions of popular consent simply ignored, it is now impermissible to consult citizens." - oh, Ambrose is not a fan of Van R after all I'd hoped for some new political influence from poets and poetry... Max