John Lichfield
John Lichfield: With the Taoiseach in the naughty chair, this was a polite mad hatter's tea party
European summits were never simple but they were once predictable. France and Germany agreed on everything. Britain sat in the naughty chair, which was either a noble or despicable position, depending on your viewpoint. Ireland adopted a low profile, offered its services as a go-between and scooped up more subsidies.
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My 14-year-old daughter goes every Friday evening to an athletics class at a stadium just outside the Paris city boundary. To her fellow runners – black, brown and white, big and small – she is known as la petite Parisienne (the little Parisian girl).
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