"Mr Cameron should not get carried away - for despite this pleasant start, no amount of Ferrero Rochers can conceal the diplomatic difficulties that lie ahead. The EU is in crisis: stagnant growth, fiscal incontinence and growing market contempt for its sovereign debt. Germany is intent on pushing ahead with measures Mrs Merkel believes will counter the existential threat faced by her beloved euro. The Commission's answer is to tighten the fiscal straitjacket by requiring members to submit their budgets for approval by Brussels before they are debated by national parliaments. There are also plans to impose sanctions on countries that refuse to abide by central diktats, and to hold monthly summits to manage the crisis."While the oversight of national budgets is believed to be subject to veto, the structural changes imposed by the Lisbon Treaty (on which Mr Cameron ruled out a retrospective referendum) mean that much of what the EU is contemplating can be imposed by majority voting, against which Britain would be powerless. For all today's jollity, British officials know that Mr Cameron will have to use his first summit to say "no" more than once, at a time when he has plenty of goodwill but few reliable allies apart from Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Swedish leader.

We were largely ignoring their reports, as was most of the media, because they seemed to be based on out-of-date assumptions. The discussion about poverty and social deprivation has moved on: it is no longer seen as a simple equation of callous wealthy capitalists conspiring to keep a fixed proportion of the population down and out. (In fact, it benefits the market economy to have as many prosperous people with money to spend as possible.)

7 Dont be exploited

20.05 Next up it's the extraordinary Jerry Hall and her partner Anton Du Beke. They were told it was "minimal" last week but she could be better in hold this week.

He added: "I think theyve made a terrible mistake. I dont think half the time most of the people in the country understand what the strike is about."