Monday, 23 July 2012
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Is this the truth about us?
Matthew Parris on saturday explained why in his view we’re in the state we’re in…
“We have been living beyond our means. We have been paying ourselves more than our efforts were earning. We sought political leaders who would assure us that the good times would never end and that the centuries of boom and bust were over; and we voted for those who offered that assurance. We sought credit for which we had no security and we gave our business to the banks that advertised it. We wanted higher exam grades for our children and were rewarded with politicians prepared to supply them by lowering exam standards. We wanted free and better health care and demanded chancellors who paid for it without putting up our taxes. We wanted salacious stories in our newspapers and bought the papers that broke the rules to provide them. And now we whimper and snarl at MPs, bankers and journalists. Fair enough, my friends, but, you know, we really are all in this together.”
“We have been living beyond our means. We have been paying ourselves more than our efforts were earning. We sought political leaders who would assure us that the good times would never end and that the centuries of boom and bust were over; and we voted for those who offered that assurance. We sought credit for which we had no security and we gave our business to the banks that advertised it. We wanted higher exam grades for our children and were rewarded with politicians prepared to supply them by lowering exam standards. We wanted free and better health care and demanded chancellors who paid for it without putting up our taxes. We wanted salacious stories in our newspapers and bought the papers that broke the rules to provide them. And now we whimper and snarl at MPs, bankers and journalists. Fair enough, my friends, but, you know, we really are all in this together.”
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”.
“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
"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
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