Britian picks up, Syria gets worse and Gaddafi's daughter has her say...

Good Wednesday,

Relatively good news came with new figures released this morning, by the Office for National Statistics, which shows that we have narrowly missed diving back into recession. The British economy has in fact grown half a little percent in the first quarter of 2011. All praise George Osbourne, so they are saying.

The whole of Blighty is tying itself into knots of excitement over the Royal Wedding. Guards, armed forces, clergy and guests have been doing run-throughs and rehearsals galore; and the rest of us have been tracking them fiendishly throughout London to try and get clues about the upcoming ceremony. So far? We know that Westminster Abbey is being filled with trees for the occasion. Interestingly, neither Brown nor Blair have been invited to the wedding – in what is widely seen as a snub to the Labour party. Plenty of old (and obviously current) Conservative leaders are on the list. Meow.

Onto more serious issues next, and David Cameron seems to be backtracking somewhat on his previous assurance that we wouldn’t be arming the Libyan rebels. The dreaded stalemate has set in, and he is now saying that we might have to provide the rebels with guns after all, if they are ever going to overthrow Gaddafi. Up until now, we have been giving them strategic advice only.

Meanwhile, Gaddafi’s daughter (pictured) has spoken out in an interview with the New York Times. She says that the Libyan rebels are a bunch of terrorists and that should they gain power, they will turn on us Westerners the moment they get the chance. She said that the situation would be even worse than it currently is in Iraq and that we were are idiots for betraying her father the way we have.

Finally, an influx of North African immigrants have been flooding into Europe; Italy and France being particularly unhappy about it. Sarkozy and Berlusconi are trying to get the ‘free travel around the EU’ rules changed, and want the immigrants who do gain access to their borders to be ‘distributed’ fairly around all the EU countries, rather than just the popular ones. I.e. France and Italy.

That’s all for today… see you tomorrow…