pre-summit jitters
much has been reported about the prospects for division at the upcoming g20 summit.
of course, as a british patriot i hope that this historic meeting will go without any kind of hitch, and of course burnish the credentials of our revered leader into the bargain.
nonetheless, although any tensions will be cloaked in diplomatic language i’m fearful for our close and steadfast friends the french, who might feel the need to leave the summit abruptly with their parsnips unbuttered. tant pis.
matter of fact, i’m no less concerned for our reliable, long-time allies the germans who, despite the president’s extraordinary pre-election “ich bin ein berliner” tour, seem equally likely to be left out in the cold. schade.
it’s surely long-overdue that we europeans, tied as we are with a common bond of err, europeanness stood up to the over-mighty usa, or ‘the engine of the world economy’ as we used know it, before everything went shit-shaped.
wakey-wakey, or poisson d’avril, as they don’t say in prague.
enough with the schadenfroh already; wheel out the chardonnay.