I just read this on the BBC News website.
The Battle of Trafalgar has it's 200 year anniversary this year and there is an event to mark the anniversary. However, just in case we offend our friends over the Channel by reminding them that they lost a battle, it won't be called the Battle of Trafalgar. No, instead it will be referred to as "an early 19th century sea battle" in official literature and the British and French/Spanish sides will now be the red and blue teams.
How on earth can we offend the French any more by reminding them we won the Battle of Trafalgar? Firstly, our very existence offends the French and secondly, they're used to losing battles - it's a part of their national heritage!
Since Tony Blair's oh-so-convincing election "win", the subsequent drop in Labour's majority to only 66 seats and Labour actually losing the popular vote in England and having to form a Minority Rule government, it is increasingly obvious that our beloved leader is a bit of a Lame Duck.
The government was elected by only 1/6th of the population and has a marginal majority in the Commons which should bring about some rather interesting and (for Labour) embarassing defeats of unpopular legislation.
It could be worse of course, the Canadian government just won a vote of confidence with a whopping 1 (yes, one) vote. But then they've gone out of their way to bring democracy and an end to discrimination to their country whereas our governmnet seeks only to extend and perpetuate it.