Greece/EURO/shares etc...

[Old Hack]

I think you are going to see Hollande also taking a tough stance against the Greeks. His retoric with regard to austerity was mainly aimed at France, not handing over French money to the Greeks.

What I don't see in the UK is everyone jumping up and down pushing their government to handover billions to the Greeks. They could if they wanted, and then the Greeks wouldn't have to listen to the Germans, or indeed all the other countries hiding behind Germany who don't want to hand over billions to the Greeks either without them increasing the retirement age from 61, not paying pensions to dead people etc etc.

I think we're all quite happy to see Greece default and start out again. I don't want to give them money, and I believe the gov was quite clear they didn't either.

Hollande will quickly realise his country is in the mire, through over exposure to the southern states and once Spain joins in the Greek tragedy, France will realise she's quite in the tulip too.

The Germans are quite clearly pushing their financial culture on others not able to maintain it. It's the whole reason the euro was doomed. That they are now sat at the head of the top table dictating terms is reprehensible, given they should really have doen their sums. Did you know, that the Germans knew thr Italians weren't ready for the euro, according to their own rules, and still admitted them, same for the greeks, and, to be honest, I hope the tulip storm heading Germany's way, takes them down too.

The dichotomy is that they will be the architects of their own fall from the lofty plinth they've placed themselves on.

[DodgyAgent]

Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries...

I think more recently than that

[DodgyAgent]

Perhaps if the UK had joined the Euro then they could have been the powerhouse of Europe, dictating terms, being an economic powerhouse...perhaps...

More likely that with an inferior economy the UK would have been subjugated to the Germans also.

[Jog On]

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