This week had a distinctly continental flavour to it as the economic crisis continued to rage in Europe, and Francois Hollande was sworn in as French President.

If you happened to miss that, take a look through this gallery to enjoy a shot of Gallic pomp.

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The UK has been deploying "weapons of mass destruction" in the South Atlantic and has no right to the "colonial enclave" of the Falklands, according to Argentina's ambassador to London.

Speaking at a discussion on Anglo-Argentine relations hosted by the London School of Economics on Thursday evening, Alicia...

The Labour Party have been accused of "cheating" Milton Keynes residents after it emerged that one of their councillors was formerly second in command of a local neo-Nazi group.

Councillor Margaret Burke, was a far-right extremist who ran the Milton Keynes November 9th Society with her then husband Terry...

Feminist attitudes in the 1980s which had an ambivalence towards talking about the family as it was seen as a "site of oppression" were a mistake, Labour shadow health minister Diane Abbott has said.

Speaking at an event hosted by the think-tank Policy Exchange on Thursday morning, Abbott praised the...

Greece is to hold fresh parliamentary elections on June 17 after talks aimed at forming a ruling coalition collapsed on Tuesday.

The protracted deadlock and the prospect of an anti-austerity party winning the new vote hammered Europe's markets on fears that the debt-crippled country could be forced out of...

After the Queen's Speech saw Cameron avoid PMQs for two weeks, Ed Miliband had a lot of material he could use to confront the Prime Minister.

So it was almost inevitable that he'd choose to mock the Prime Minister over backing the wrong candidate for the...

As European politicians struggle to handle the economic crisis, a sharp analysis of the situation has been provided thanks to the Eurovision song contest.

Rambo Amadeus, representing Montenegro, recently revealed the song he was intending to perform was called "Euro Neuro".

The song calls on Europeans to...

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's decision to veto the publication of a report into the risks of NHS reforms is "permissible" and "not extraordinary" according to the Government's chief legal adviser.

In a direct clash with the Information Commissioner, who criticised Lansley's decision, Attorney General Dominic...

Racist groups used to use football clubs as recruiting grounds, according to former Chelsea footballer Paul Elliott.

Speaking to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tueday, Elliot said that football effectively contained the "ugliness of society" due to the influence of extremist groups.

"Extremists trying to launch...

Francois Hollande was sworn in as French President on Tuesday morning, the fist socialist to hold the position in 17 years.

Hollande secured the presidency after beating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy with 51.9 percent of the vote in the recent elections.

The new president was awarded the Legion D'Honneur,...

Admirers may be surprised to see the Iron Lady appears to have made a new career move - promoting compterized airconditioning units.

In this ad for Taiwanese computer chain store 3C, Margaret Thatcher is depicted arguing over the best air-conditioning manufacturer. With a resolve befitting of the Iron Lady, she...

Respect MP George Galloway has branded Nick Clegg David Cameron’s “political catamite”.

Writing in Holyrood Magazine, Galloway used the term when describing Cameron and Clegg's recent Q&A in Essex.

"If there is a symbol of how out of touch the Prime Minister and his political...

Riots may break out in prisons as the Parole Board reaches breaking point, according to a former senior prison official.

Without extra money, the board would struggle to make decisions on time over releasing prisoners, said Sir David Latham. Formerly chairman of the Parole Board of England and Wales,...

Nick Clegg has often been mocked for looking sad, but he gave a new spin this morning to suggestions that he looked rather hangdog in coalition.

Confronted on ITV1's Daybreak with a cartoon that compared him and David Cameron to the Britain's Got Talent winners...

Scottish voters should be given the chance to vote on abolishing the Scottish Parliament, according to veteran Labour politician Tam Dalyell.

“I do know I have a minority opinion, and that is that if there is a Scottish Parliament to continue then it will be very difficult to avoid something...

The BBC is "overwhelmingly biased to the Left" and should be run by a Conservative, Boris Johnson has said.

Writing in his Daily Telegraph column on Monday, the Mayor of London said the broadcaster's next boss should be someone who was "free-market" and "pro-business".

"We need someone who...

Ched Evans has complained that he has "no faith in the justice system" after being convicted of raping a woman in a hotel room.

The Sheffield United striker wrote in a letter to his mum that he had been left with "nothing". The player, now in Altcourse Prison in Liverpool,...

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt may have committed a "criminal offence" if his office is found to have given News International about its BSkyB bid, according to a Labour front-bencher.

Chris Bryant, a shadow immigration minister, told the BBC's Sunday Politics:

"The point nobody can run away from in either...

Cracks in the coalition have been laid bare today as senior politicians clashed on the importance of reforming the House of Lords.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said that the government should focus on issues that mattered to the public - such as jobs, immigration and crime - rather than...

Harriet Harman has launched a blistering attack on Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, saying he should resign as he "obviously wasn't impartial" in deciding on the BSkyB takeover and was "colluding" with Rupert Murdoch.

Shadow Culture Secretary Harman said Hunt "has done something bad and wrong, and should be fired...