Euro tweets

If you 'Mr Responsible' (Germany) give your feckless cousin (Greece) money 2 fix his roof & he pisses it up the wall we sympathise with you 


But if you then give him a load more money even though he hasn't paid you back, and he pisses that up the wall too, who's the idiot then?


Regarding this latest German attempt to take over Europe.. (yes strictly speaking 'Brussels-based EU', but let's call a spade a spade):


Ironic that Germany is using the financial 'credit-to-dependence' model that was so reviled there not very long ago.


So reviled indeed, that they tried to wipe out an entire race because of it. 


Ironic that the first unelected head of state inserted by Germany is Mario Monti in Italy. Wonder if he'll make the trains run on time?


Now they're trying again 2 make Europe 'German'. More austere harder working less frivolous. Taking the 'fun' out of Fundamental economics.


Ok so this time it's with Banks not Tanks, Bonds not Bombs, the IMF not the Luftwaffe but the desired result is the same.


And Cameron comes back from Brussels saying: 'Greece in our time'. You couldn't make it up. Actually, you could,. I did. :-D


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When the smoke clears from the Euro débacle, some people will be surprised to find that France makes Greece look like an upstanding pillar of the financial community.


Germany just wants to punish people for having a nice lifestyle


So when you've done your hard work, abstemious living, austerity, saving for a rainy day, presumably you'll go on hiliday to Frankfurt, or Düsseldorf? No?


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I think we should replace the Euro with the Olive. Then Greece, Italy & Spain would be rich & we could all enjoy a mediterranean lifestyle  


And Olive's do grow on trees, so if we needed any 'quantitive easing' we'd just ask a greek man to go into his garden with a basket. 


Now you may think that's sillier than trying to turn Greeks, Spaniards and Italians into Germans, but it's not. It's about the same. #No2EU   

Disappointed that the EU hasn't yet taken up my suggestion to replace the Euro with the Olive. Frankly, I'm pitted about it. 

However, by the end of September, I'm confident that the Olive will be worth substantially more than the Euro. You heard it here first. 

In fact by October, the 1970 Esso world cup coin of Paul Reaney will be worth more than the Euro. Not one Euro, you understand, but all of them, combined. 

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The EU was designed after the last unpleasantness, to eradicate war in Europe & stop one country dominating others. How's that going Angela?


It was designed to preserve individual state sovereignty so smaller countries' voters could contribute to Europe-wide policy. Angela?


It was designed as a free trade area, not a fiscal or political union - that's what we signed up to in 1971. Didn't we Angela?


It was designed to protect democracy not ride roughshod over it- an antidote to previous German plans put forward, quite forcefully in 1939.


It costs £200million a year to move the whole EU circus between Brussels & Strasbourg: Benefit to the people? The square route of fuck all. 


Obviously the French signed up: Say anything forcefully enough to the French and they say 'Oui, bien sür' almost immediately.


Try the same thing with the Brits and they tend to say: 'Do fuck off, there's a good chap. We'll decide what we think if you don't mind?'


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Congratulations Angela: Germany prospers while the rest of the EU suffers and in the south they head back towards 3rd world status. Happy?


Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, soon they'll be needing aid rather than bills Angela. Food parcels not financial 'instruments'. Happy? 


Yes some of our southern European cousins are financially dodgy, lazy, corrupt..interesting. Fun 2b with. Thank fuck the world's not German.


Yes they spend more time with family & friends; eating good food & drinking wine; less time working than us. So who's got life about right?








Sometimes we can't see the pasta or paella for the parsimonious principles of the plutocrats. Think I'll leave it there :-)