The news today that Iceland is being fast-tracked into the EU by 2011 fills me with pleasure and a little sadness. Plucky Iceland was created out of a volcanic ridge and its economy seems to be descending back into the magma. It would have been better had it joined in more favourable conditions, but then again, maybe it never would have. It gives the EU another EU-sceptic member, but like Malta, maybe it's voice won't carry much extra weight. It's Scandinavian sister Sweden only joined the EU in the midst of a recession, with the banks on the brink of failure as now, but localised to the Swedes. It's no surprise that EU-sceptic Sweden is pushing for expansion, inclsuiding for Iceland - the wider the diversity, the harder the attempts to deepen integration. Iceland's accession will leave the EFTA as even more of a rump - Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. At least, Iceland will be reined in with its fishing grounds - revenge for those Cod Wars, in addition to Britain seizing Icelandic banking assets under anti-terrorist laws. Ha-ha.

The Daily Telegraph made another boo-boo. Commenting on Barack H Obama accidentally trying to access the Oval Office through a full-length window, they showed a picture of George W Bush having a 'doorway malfunction' in Beijing. But that was so widely publicised how could they fail to remember it was Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. That's like saying an incident that happened in London took place in Paris. It's just incorrect. Unlike The Guardian though, the Telegraph doesn't have a Corrections and Clarifications feature, unfortunately.