De G8, de jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de acht machtigste industrielanden - okee de 7 machtigste plus Rusland die er bijgehaald is omdat die een serieus arsenaal aan atoomwapens heeft- hebben een serieus imago-probleem.

Forget prime minister, Mr Blair, or even plain old Tony. The new way to address the prime minister, we learn, is "Yo Blair".
That at least is how George Bush greets the PM in private, according to unguarded remarks they both made in front of an open G8 microphone.

We also learn how Mr Blair refers to international commerce as "this trade thingy".

And there was some strong language used as well. The US president apparently believes the Middle East conflict could be ended if only pressure were put on Syria "to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit". (more) (less