Boycott Bust

And now a bit of good news. The Muslim boycott of Danish goods launched as part of the Cartoon Wars has backfired royally.

While Danish milk products were dumped in the Middle East, fervent rightwing Americans started buying Bang & Olufsen stereos and Lego. In the first quarter of this year Denmark's exports to the US soared 17%. The British writer Christopher Hitchens organised a buy-Danish campaign. Among the thousands of emails sent to Rose was one from an American soldier serving in Iraq. 'He told me he was sitting in Iraq, watching a game of football and drinking a can of Carlsberg,' Rose said.'

Pass the Harvarti, please.