Baroness Ashton is the right choice for Comissioner

Baroness Ashton's nomination to replace Peter Mandelson in the European Commission is welcome. She will be the first ever female British Commissioner. She knows her stuff on Europe, having steered the Lisbon Treaty through the House of Lords, fending off Eurosceptic attacks on it. She is also a very amiable person. I'm sure she will sail through her confirmation hearing at the European Parliament.