Sarkozy gets my vote

Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first president of the European Union, senior sources have told the BBC.

It is thought he feels EU opposition to the former UK prime minister is too strong because he backed the Iraq war.

No pressure

In the Telegraph there is a fascinating story, not so much about a possible love letter carried by French president Nicholas Sarkozy, but about the way his friend, the defence and publishing tycoon Arnaud Lagardère, can be relied on to drop embarrassing stories from his various publicatons.