It’s very hard to work out what the politicians in Ireland and elsewhere thought they were doing signing the Irish bail out deal this weekend.
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Ireland’s fate is sealed. I’m not sure this video is 100% right on the detail, but it’s a lot closer than most mainstream commentary:  
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The word is out that Ireland’s recovery package is bound to fail. Bond yields have risen again today. And now the New York Times says:
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A cross-political alliance in the European Parliament has called for the introduction of a minimum European common corporate tax rate of 25%. MEPs from the
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At the suggestion of a commentator here I offer the following: I stress that I do not condone violence, and never will. I do however
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Ireland’s austerity package is built on hope, but nothing else. I’ve already noted that it will rile the whole of Europe because there’s no move
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As the FT notes: Ireland will cut welfare expenditure, slash the minimum wage, raise income tax and introduce a levy on land and property owners
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Martin Wolf’s take on the Irish crisis is predictably intelligent. As he says: It was not the public but the private sector that went haywire
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George Osborne has been under immense pressure in the House of Commons. His move to lend £7 billion to Ireland is deeply unpopular. MPs rightly
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