Politics, business and economics

The pressure on the hapless euro continues to build in 2010.

Chris Mullin, a Labour MP who was a government minister for a few years, tells how Queen Elizabeth shuts up the Duke of Edinburgh in his new book.

European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet said yesterday that fears the eurozone might break up were "unfounded".

Spain is another candidate to be the first to exit the euro, the ill-fated experiment by out-of-touch European politicians.

Ireland is now another candidate to be the first to exit the euro.

Beware Greeks bearing euros. Some Germans are now rejecting banknotes issued by the flakier members of the eurozone.

Queen Elizabeth had first opened a new session of parliament for the first time in 1953. The session she opened yesterday is one she will not forget.

David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, has signalled it is time to end the excesses at the BBC.

What a load of rubbish, the press has now hit a new low on publishing rubbish to sell their stories. All this 'I plan to make Camilla my Queen' is all rubbish, Prince Charles knows perfectly well that Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (officially the Princess of Wales, yes people… she is the Princess of Wales if we go by the laws and conventions governing the Monarchy!) will be Queen once he ascends to the British and Commonwealth thrones, so there is no need for plots which in turns puts the people publishing these stories in a rather stupid position.