Everyone got something out of that Obama presser. Labour are pushing the President’s line that “I think the UK’s participation in the EU is an expression of its influence”, while No.10 will be cock-a-hoop with the endorsement of the renegotiation strategy: “You probably want to see if you can fix what’s broken in a very important relationship before you break it off.” Those Tory Eurosceptic backbenchers are such big Obama fans, a gentle chiding from the him will definitely get them to pipe down and fall into line. Needless to say Dave dodged most of James Landale’s four parter question.

UPDATE:

One hacked tweet yesterday and the DOW plunges 100 points, only to regain it all in a matter of minutes. The AP twitter account has been restored this afternoon, the offending tweet deleted, and normality returns to the markets…

If this is the genuine Twitter account of the Boston terror suspect…

Liverpool are a joke of a football club.—
Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (@Dzhokhar_) December 15, 2012

…he’s really in trouble now.

UPDATE: Twitter provocateur Old Holborn has been in touch to say that he has had the police round after he trolled the whole of Liverpool and they are more interested in the death threats against him.

I still have Scousers sending me death threats. Superb—
Old Holborn (@Old_Holborn) April 16, 2013

The US hasn’t always been staunch in standing with Britain over the Falklands. Even Reagan had to be handbagged by Thatcher to do the right thing.

Our friends in Washington have produced this history lesson for Obama…

Via Heritage Foundation.

Spotted in Washington this morning. It seems Dave got invited to inauguration after all… 

Via Donal Blaney

Westminster is very dead but at least the US are entertaining us. Guido’s favourite detail from the fiscal cliff fall-out was Politico’s snippet about GOP House Chairman Boehner telling Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to “go f**k” himself outside of the Oval Office.

Even nominal Republicans like Meghan McCann got upset:

Um, John Boehner told Harry Reid to go fuck himself outside the Oval Office. Yeah, it's totally my generation that's screwing everything up.—
Meghan McCain (@McCainBlogette) January 02, 2013

@BuzzFeedAndrew I'm not a senator. I also wouldn't tell anyone to go fuck themselves in the White House.—
Meghan McCain (@McCainBlogette) January 02, 2013

That would be the daughter of foul mouthed John McCain, who famously dropped the c-bomb at Meghan’s mother in public in 1992. “S**thead,” “***hole” and “f**king jerk” are all regulars in the McCain playbook too…

John Kerry will been nominated by Obama to replace Hillary Clinton. The office of Secretary of State should be more than a safe haven for Democrat presidential losers. Interestingly the first white male to hold the job since 1997. 

“Nate Silver can’t add”…

UPDATE:

Pic via our co-conspirator @DavidIcke.

He loves it really…