I'm back, Hoon isn't

Sorry for being distant over the last few days, I was busy preparing copy for Brown’s visit to the East Midlands.

Oh, and there was the Queen’s Speech too – it’s amazing the amount you can find to write about an event with nothing in it.

Anyhoo, to start the day I notice that Baroness Ashton is the British contribution to the ‘big two’ EU jobs.

This is a woman who has never won any sort of election, for whom the Daily Mail description “relative nobody” is an understatement.

I do note, however, that Geoff Hoon was passed over for the job. Which is worth a mention.