To follow on from yesterdays blog:

John Prescott’s lover had secret flings with THREE other men working in Westminster, we can reveal.

“She used to hang out with government chauffeurs who drove limos for ministers. She got involved with a couple of them but they soon fizzled out.”

Another pal added: “Tracey has a huge appetite for men — it’s almost insatiable.

“Her boyfriend may be upset about her affair with John Prescott but he’s only heard the half of it.

“She was a maneater and Whitehall was her hunting ground.”

I should own up & say this is from the Sun 'newspaper' but the use of language just made me smile, particularly 'Whitehall was her hunting ground.'

The phrase "I've been betrayed by one of the most powerful men in the UK."
In the original article was what caught my eye in the first place.

Prescott confesses to affair
Press Association Wednesday April 26, 2006 9:13 AM
The pair began working together when Ms Temple was appointed as Mr Prescott's Assistant Private Secretary, with special responsibility to organise his diary. She had previously worked as a personal diary secretary for former Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam, and was said to be close friends with the Labour MP who died of cancer last year.
The divorcee lives in Bordon, Hampshire, with lorry driver Barrie Williams, 46.
Mr Williams told the Mirror: "I feel sick. I can't believe the woman I wanted to marry has slept with John Prescott. I've been betrayed by one of the most powerful men in the UK."

This is a photo of Mr Prescott, I'm with Mr Williams, I can't believe any women would sleep with him.

Italian election.
The front page of the Independent summed it all up for me.
What really made me smile was the bastards suggestion that as the result was so close that they should form a 'grand alliance', a la Germany. Do you think that if the result had gone the other way he would have suggested it? I don't bloody well think so.
Anyway, that's one less mad right wing loon running a country only another hundred or so to go.
On a personal note regarding the Independent, last weekend they offered a free CD & book, entitled 'Learn German in 6 weeks.' As I've now lived in Germany for 6 years and haven't progressed beyond 'zwei bier bitte', I've got a friend to stick them in the post to me. So I reckon by June I'll be sprechen die deutsch, like a native.