CAP Scrap the CAP

European Union leaders congregate in Brussels to squabble about their budget. The G8 leaders prepare to meet in Scotland to talk about global poverty. Bob Geldof organises a Live8 pop concert to campaign against poverty. Gordon Brown, probably the UK’s next prime minister, pushes through a plan to relieve the debt of the world’s poorest nations. Is there a common thread? Yes, and no. Or rather, there should be but there isn’t. The budget row pits the French, who want massive subsidies to continu...