SAD DAY: AFTER 541 DAYS, BELGIUM GETS A GOVERNMENT

OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIRE:

Belgium has sworn in a new government, ending a record-breaking 541 days of political deadlock.

... Belgium now holds the modern-day record for the country which has gone the longest without a government - beating previous title holder Cambodia by 182 days.

Mr Di Rupo, 60, is Belgium's first French-speaking prime minister in three decades and the first Socialist to take the premiership in Belgium since 1974.

THAT OUGHT TO FIX THINGS. /