Tony Blair hints that he may be considered for the premiership of a new country following his departure from Downing Street.
In response to a parliamentary written question, the U.K. government has disclosed that the EU 'food mountain' exceeded 13 million tonnes in 2006: "At the end of the 2006 public storage financial year (30 September 2006), EU public stocks were 13,476,812 tonnes of cereal, rice, sugar and milk products and 3,529,002 hectolitres of alcohol/wine."
"This presents quite a problem" explained EU spokesman Walter Steinberger addressing a summit of the eighteen countries, that ratify the EU constitution, in Madrid.
"The problem is that, legally speaking, the 'Food Mountain' is now its own territory. When the EU founding fathers first penned our constitution, they neglected to enshrine the notion that a food mountain might, one day, qualify for membership. 'The Republic of Food Mountain' will take the place of Bulgaria. This was decided on the last- ones- in- first- ones- out principal.
The news reportedly split the room in to two factions: pro and anti- food mountain. Pro- Mountaineers France commented:
"We think it's good... fair- play to food mountain in achieving its political worth."
Germany, an immediate anti- food mountain nation, was quoted as saying:
"We're not surprised, it's been on the cards for a while now... things haven't been the same since Versailles".
