Despite all our hopes and votes, it looks like the fascists have secured two seats in the European parliament. It isn’t much, but it’s still far too much.

Talking of fascists, I’ve just started my ‘year abroad information week’. It’s one of those things where if you don’t go, you’ll miss the crucial information, but when you do go you realise that you’re stuck in hours of pointless lectures waiting for that small piece of useful knowledge. Either way it’s exhausting me already, I was at home this morning but it feels like a week ago since I was on the train back.

The picture, by the way, is of two ‘wacky’ cartoons explaining culture shock to morons. I say morons, but I can’t say I’m actually sure what’s going on in them myself! Maybe it’s a sign…