Monday 25 June 2012

Monday 18 June 2012

Boris on Greek crisis

Boris on Greece:

“If things go on as they are the whole damn kebab van will go up in flames”.




Euro contagion denials

Alex Banbury of Hamilton Capital has put together a list of countries' denials of contagion in the Euro crisis - amusingly done.

"Spain is not Greece" - Elena Salgado, Spanish Finance minister, February 2010.

"Portugal is not Greece" - The Economist, April 2010.

"Greece is not Ireland" - George Papaconstantinou, Greek Finance minister, November 2010.

"Spain is neither Ireland nor Portugal" - Elena Salgado, Spanish Finance minister, November 2010.

"Ireland is not in ‘Greek Territory’" - Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan. November 2010.

"Neither Spain nor Portugal is Ireland" - Angel Gurria, Secretary-general OECD, November 2010.

"Italy is not Spain” - Ed Parker, Fitch MD, June 12, 2012

"Spain is not Uganda" - Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy, June 2012

"Uganda does not want to be Spain" - Ugandan foreign minister, June 13, 2012