Portugal goes cap in hand

[doodab]

The other problem is wind. It's either windy or blowing a gale most days.

You want to get yourself some of those new fangled windmills.

[DimPrawn]

Sure it is. Better weather than Cornwall in the NE, it's the temperature which is lower.

Beautiful sunny day as I type this, which obviously proves I'm right

Here's right.

In the rain shadow of the penines in the NE, the weather is usually sunny and rainfall is light and infrequent. Much better than places like Cornwall where it is raining pretty much every day.

Problem is when it's nudging 30 deg C in the SE, it's only about 20 in the NE.

The other problem is wind. It's either windy or blowing a gale most days.

[Mich the Tester]

Sure it is. Better weather than Cornwall in the NE, it's the temperature which is lower.

Beautiful sunny day as I type this, which obviously proves I'm right

Well, get outside and enjoy it man!

[d000hg]

...and the weather's no good oop north.

Sure it is. Better weather than Cornwall in the NE, it's the temperature which is lower.

Beautiful sunny day as I type this, which obviously proves I'm right

[ThomasSoerensen]

Portugal has finally admitted it needs help to get out of the mess it is in from overspending....

I heard that the UK will cough up £3billion - another legacy from the dying days of Brown's government

Alistair Darling agreed to the UK contributing to this bail out fund, days before the election.

I wonder who will be next, Spain?, Italy? Belgium?

It all sounds awful for the Euro

Don't forget to add UK to the list of countries in the queue.

[TimberWolf]

There's big money to be made in money lending. What's the interest rate?

If it's a higher rate than we pay on our debt, then boomed?

[doodab]

Last time we were expected to pay billions extra in tax, largely to bail out a foreign country, there was a revolt.

We are borrowing gazillions anyway, and lending them a bit of it at a profit, which actually means people will pay less tax.

The British media / education system / drinking culture really has scrambled peoples minds hasn't it.

[doodab]

...and the weather's no good oop north.

That would explain why they always look so cheerful when I see them on the telly.

[OwlHoot]

Last time we were expected to pay billions extra in tax, largely to bail out a foreign country, there was a revolt.

That was when the King's regent John, Duke of Lancaster persuaded the King to introduce a new poll tax, mainly to finance John's occupation of Castile (after his wars in France had got nowhere).

OH in "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? " mode

[Mich the Tester]

It sounds bad if you only look at a fraction of the eurozone. If we look selectively at a few high unemployment areas of Britain, say the North East, the North West and Yorkshire, things start to look pretty grim for the pound as well. Lest we forget, Britain's welfare claimants are subbed to the tune of £192 billion, and that isn't in the form of a loan that pays interest.

...and the weather's no good oop north.

[doodab]

Portugal has finally admitted it needs help to get out of the mess it is in from overspending....

I heard that the UK will cough up £3billion - another legacy from the dying days of Brown's government

Alistair Darling agreed to the UK contributing to this bail out fund, days before the election.

I wonder who will be next, Spain?, Italy? Belgium?

It all sounds awful for the Euro

It sounds bad if you only look at a fraction of the eurozone. If we look selectively at a few high unemployment areas of Britain, say the North East, the North West and Yorkshire, things start to look pretty grim for the pound as well. Lest we forget, Britain's welfare claimants are subbed to the tune of £192 billion, and that isn't in the form of a loan that pays interest.

[Mich the Tester]

Meanwhile in Lisbon, the sun is shining and nobody really gives a tulip.

[Doggy Styles]

It was days after the election IIRC.

I think you're right. Darling/Brown did it the weekend after the election before the coallition took over.

A sort of parting gift.

[VectraMan]

Alistair Darling agreed to the UK contributing to this bail out fund, days before the election.

It was days after the election IIRC.

[Waldorf]

Portugal has finally admitted it needs help to get out of the mess it is in from overspending....

I heard that the UK will cough up £3billion - another legacy from the dying days of Brown's government

Alistair Darling agreed to the UK contributing to this bail out fund, days before the election.

I wonder who will be next, Spain?, Italy? Belgium?

It all sounds awful for the Euro