tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post6949932541677563027..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: The last post on Greece before the Euro exit?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-59576537842142491192015-06-23T11:51:32.590+01:002015-06-23T11:51:32.590+01:00Acropolis Fudge
sounds like a character from a le...Acropolis Fudge<br /><br />sounds like a character from a lemony snicket book.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-2008411022043907252015-06-22T17:35:17.802+01:002015-06-22T17:35:17.802+01:00Mmmmm
FUDGE!Mmmmm<br /><br />FUDGE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-66875229048454245542015-06-22T17:00:23.197+01:002015-06-22T17:00:23.197+01:00I suspect there is no limit to can kicking. Someti...I suspect there is no limit to can kicking. Sometimes a big kick. Sometimes a small kick. But always a kick.Can cannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-74044928234150213752015-06-22T16:52:56.543+01:002015-06-22T16:52:56.543+01:00Actions speak louder than words RoyM - besides the...Actions speak louder than words RoyM - besides they are watertight, credit risk? - no siree - besides how else will the Ukraine buy all those American weapons being funneled via the Gulf States?hovisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76772066719626583912015-06-22T16:13:20.279+01:002015-06-22T16:13:20.279+01:00'the IMF supports real basket case countries o...'the IMF supports real basket case countries on the rule that it must not actively support bust countries and piss away the wealth of the world's poorest countries into basket case situations'<br /><br />Just on this point - did anyone see the IMF say there were willing to prop up Ukraine come what may?roymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040387761432476794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-12593163727306853802015-06-22T14:27:56.581+01:002015-06-22T14:27:56.581+01:00Budgie has been 100% consistent on this and I have...Budgie has been 100% consistent on this and I have taken his line to heart<br /><br />however I was with a very well-placed German last week who said Merkel's vibe (which pretty much sets the weather there, and elsewhere) has changed noticeably in the past fortnight, from '<i>just get it done</i>' to '<i>exit is inevitable</i>'<br /><br />I just chuck that in for what it is worth: and normally one might go on to say 'we'll find out soon enough' but with these bloody can-kickers ...Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-75764053590560919202015-06-22T14:00:31.955+01:002015-06-22T14:00:31.955+01:00I'm with Budgie.
Let's not forget that wh...I'm with Budgie.<br /><br />Let's not forget that when the ECB was set up, what it's doing now was ultra vires. They've rewritten the rules to allow endless amounts of money to be poured into poor (!) countries.<br /><br />The well is nowhere near dry...john millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-45595066498559566922015-06-22T13:19:49.900+01:002015-06-22T13:19:49.900+01:00Tsiparas is like the proverbial bloke in the offic...Tsiparas is like the proverbial bloke in the office who takes days off work citing funerals for relatives who don't exist.<br /><br />It isn't about humiliating grandmothers, it's about being seen to be intolerant of backsliding (EU/ECB) and not letting far poorer countries subsidise the welfare state of a more developed country (IMF).<br /><br />Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5826168198838219762015-06-22T13:18:20.950+01:002015-06-22T13:18:20.950+01:00I remember the heady days of British wishful think...I remember the heady days of British wishful thinking when an "imminent collapse of the euro" was predicted 5 years ago. It didn't happen then, as I said then, and it won't happen now. The euro elites will not allow a break up of their project. Greece may default, there will be all manner of schemes and cover-ups, but there will be no Grexit from the euro.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-91083473520426396082015-06-22T12:14:48.676+01:002015-06-22T12:14:48.676+01:00@ Andrew: Marble ducks?@ Andrew: Marble ducks?hovisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-34811354404184159722015-06-22T11:23:39.478+01:002015-06-22T11:23:39.478+01:00Are the EU negotiators just flabby-faced cowards, ...Are the EU negotiators just flabby-faced cowards, or is there some rational but dirty and unmentionable motive behind their antics?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-88486965264334395312015-06-22T10:07:47.028+01:002015-06-22T10:07:47.028+01:00if they were really serious about paying of their ...if they were really serious about paying of their debt, they could have sold the uk the rest of the marbles <br />(ducks)<br />... which we could have raised a loan to pay forandrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.com