A solution to the Greek crisis

[SupremeSpod]

Quit them whinging

They're whinging about austerity measures and the fact that their country is about to be f*cked-over big style, the Marbles are the last things on their mind.

[BrilloPad]

Quit them whinging

But then Spain will want Gibraltar.
Argentina will want the Falklands.
And, and I know this is a long shot, the Chinese will ask for Honk Kong.

[gingerjedi]

How about the Germans showing a bit of humility and cancelling large chunks whilst accepting they done very well out of the euro project as it was set up to benefit them in the first place.

Either that or carry on insisting Greece must pay and wait for the inevitable.

[BrilloPad]

How about the Germans showing a bit of humility and cancelling large chunks whilst accepting they done very well out of the euro project as it was set up to benefit them in the first place.

Either that or carry on insisting Greece must pay and wait for the inevitable.

You expect Merkel to behave like anything other than Shylock?

Once every 50 years Europe tears itself apart. At least this time there is no war.

[russell]

If Greece exit the Euro it could bring down the while financial system, hundreds of billions will be lost. I think bailing them out and ditching the tough austerity will be much cheaper. Peston has a program tonight at 9pm that is going to explain the whole thing.

[original PM]

Can anyone give me an a few lines why Greece leaving the Euro will be a problem for the UK?

[SupremeSpod]

But then Spain will want Gibraltar.
Argentina will want the Falklands.
And, and I know this is a long shot, the Chinese will ask for Honk Kong.

Spain is currently whinging about the sovereignty of Gibraltar, although they're being very quiet about Ceuta...

Morocco had previously called for negotiations on the future of Ceuta, Melilla and a number of Mediterranean islands and enclaves which border it. The majority of the city's population are ethnic Spanish who are opposed to the idea of being ruled by Morocco.[3] A poll conducted by Instituto Opina found that 87.9% of people from mainland Spain consider the two cities to be Spanish.

[d000hg]

Can anyone give me an a few lines why Greece leaving the Euro will be a problem for the UK?

Yes. the BBC news page.

[russell]

Can anyone give me an a few lines why Greece leaving the Euro will be a problem for the UK?

Greek banks will go under, French banks will go under due to exposure to Greek banks, UK Banks will go under due to exposure to French banks

HTH

[BrilloPad]

Can anyone give me an a few lines why Greece leaving the Euro will be a problem for the UK?

Its quite a large export market for us.
Also Euros will switch into Sterling making all our exports more expensive.

However, IMO, its worth it to have a jolly good laugh at those Europeans. They should have joined the Empire when they had a chance.