Something occured to me while looking through the political threads, that although I knew the names of some of the people being mentioned, I did not necessarily know the policies or where they stood in the political spectrum.
I am aware that Obama is more left wing than McCain was, but compared to the UK, he does not appear to be as left wing as the majority of the current governing Labour party.
If you were to ask what political position Nicolas Sarkovy or Angela Merkel hold, I would find it difficult. Even though as two of our major trading partners, how their country is run does have an impact in the way they see the EU.
So the question to you all is, do you know where other Governments stand, do you care what their political leanings are and do you think it affects you at all?
Or is it something best left to the politicians to sort out?