Will there be a Grexit?

[BrilloPad]

Finish him Dodgy. <high five/>

By high 5 you mean high 1.5/high 3.5?

[darmstadt]

Finish him Dodgy. <high five/>

Bit of a tender man-o-man moment going on here

[suityou01]

Some more developments, non good

Alexis Tsipras has threatened a party referendum this Sunday in an attempt to quiet dissenters within Syriza. If this happened and they voted against the government this would completely derail the bailout.

In other news Christine Lagarde of the IMF has announced the IMF board's decision to not put any cash into the bailout. This will make getting the bailout through the BundesTag nigh on impossible as the German party leaders have already said that it would not pass without the IMF on board.

This effectively leaves Schauble and Draghi with a big problem, and Greece with an even bigger problem.

The tinfoil hat angle is that this has been precipitated by the US pulling the IMF's strings to weaken the euro.

[Platypus]

The tinfoil hat angle ...

Given your new avatar, I'm not surprised you mentioned this !

[tomtomagain]

This effectively leaves Schauble and Draghi with a big problem, and Greece with an even bigger problem.

Schauble doesn't have a problem. He wants Greece out of the Euro.

[Zero Liability]

Schauble doesn't have a problem. He wants Greece out of the Euro.

Indeed, even if "temporarily". I think he's much more sensible/realistic about this than most of the eurocrats. They haven't solved this problem, just pushed it further back whilst it continues to snowball. That sums up how the world is dealing with its financial problems, in general.

[DimPrawn]

Indeed, even if "temporarily". I think he's much more sensible/realistic about this than most of the eurocrats. They haven't solved this problem, just pushed it further back whilst it continues to snowball. That sums up how the world is dealing with its financial problems, in general.

Obummer just put the pedal to the metal and to hell with it.

[PurpleGorilla]

Obummer just put the pedal to the metal and to hell with it.

You think Camoron and Osboring have done any better?

[suityou01]

You think Camoron and Osboring have done any better?

Give them a chance, they've only been in power a month or 2.

[PurpleGorilla]

Give them a chance, they've only been in power a month or 2.

So who was in government the last 5yrs?

Oh wait it was Lib Dems in charge. Of course, that's right. Nothing to do with the Tories [emoji85]