US Congress set to honour Blair
The Congressional Gold Medal was first struck to honour the first US President, George Washington, for his services in the Revolutionary War of Independence against Great Britain..
Now Tony Blair is set to become the first Briton since Sir Winston Churchill to receive such an honour.
Winnie was half American, so the honor is greater than it appears.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Chunnel, wailing and gnashing of teeth:
The French government believes it is the victim of an “organized campaign of disinformation” from within the Bush administration, designed to discredit it with allegations of complicity with the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.
It seems unlikely that the Administration cares all that much about France’s image.