Well the lisbon treaty vote has come and gone, the result being a "no" (which by now you should be more than aware of).

So where are we now? "Unchartered Territory" as we continuously are hearing? No, actually we haven't gone anywhere. We're in the same stagnant waters we were before the Lisbon vote and were only ever likely to be in afterwards. European nations are in disarray as the bureaucratic overlords who direct our fates squabble with one another over the precise legislative nature of a scheme that will unite us within a single state but simultaneously and unwittingly castrate us of the last bit of genuine willpower we can draw upon.

Our leaders it seems are incapable of constructing a basis for European co-operation that doesn't involve handing over all notions of sovereignty and control to a petty and detatched quango. Meanwhile, over on the other side of the Eurasian divide, the Russians, Chinese and Indians are getting smart, getting organised and getting restless.

The power play between the West and East described here is real: if the West doesn't shape up soon and restore its empire, the Chinese will gladly overthrow it and use the remains as slave labour. We're fighting for natural resources and world power, and this time the Anglo-American alliance is not as powerful as it was during the first Cold War.