Berlinbound

Bye Bye Tony

From the entire team at Berlinbound, I'd like to say a great big Auf Wiedersehen to Europe's twenty-seventh most popular politician, Mr Tony Blair.

Within the spirit of full disclosure, I have to admit that I voted "New" Labour in 1997 (however, do remember the alternative was JOHN MAJOR back then). But for me, the Blair bubble burst days later when he invited Maggie "Milk Snatcher" Thatcher for tea and cakes at Number 10.

So without a tear in my eye, may I be one of the millions to be saying today...

Number crunching

Total military spending by the German government in 2006:

27.7 billion euros

Total amount paid out in compensation by the German government and German companies to 1.665 million forced labourers (during the Nazi dictatorship):

4.37 billion euros