Boys in green lose out in political clash

NO Doubt about it, yesterday was the most tumultuous day of world affairs since the Russians lost the Eurovision song contest.

What with the world’s superpowers meeting in Evian for the G8 Summit, North Korea still on the boil and the US/UK’s flimsy reasons for war in Iraq beginning to crumble, things were already at breaking point across the globe.

But as Tony Blair did his best to stop Jacque Chirac from blowing Gallic wind in the general direction of George Bush in France there was another titan political clash brewing across the channel.