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Great op norm

Peter brown is always great and very clear, well worth a listen.

I'll even put up with Mary murphy just to hear him.

Excellent, another late night so, thanks.

Ooh...Devine and Coffey...almost makes me sorry I don't have a TV. Coffey is a real figures man, Devine is liable to quote completely made up ones.

http://www.politics.ie/forum/europea...-treaties.html

Originally Posted by He3

http://www.politics.ie/forum/europea...-treaties.html

Thanks for that. I've added it into the OP now.

I heard Peter Brown on the PK radio show the other morning and I though he was good...

Where is Constantin, now that we need someone to tell us that we are deluding ourselves about re-entering the bond markets and that we owe a trillion trillion Euros, so we're fekked and so is the Euro and we need to..um..basically move a lot of money to a more...um...stable environment in say, Switzerland....

Why are we borrowing?

Because the Government spends 50% more than it takes in from taxes.

Is this sustainable?

Not on your nelly.

Originally Posted by gatsbygirl20

I heard Peter Brown on the PK radio show the other morning and I though he was good...

Where is Constantin, now that we need someone to tell us that we are deluding ourselves about re-entering the bond markets and that we owe a trillion trillion Euros, so we're fekked and so is the Euro and we need to..um..basically move a lot of money to a more...um...stable environment in say, Switzerland....

Aw GG20 you're always complaining that Vinny keeps wheeling out the same panellists. You buddy Constantin was on last night. Don't tell me you didn't watch your hero last night!!

Journal.ie - ECJ to rule on whether permanent Euro bailout fund is legal

Amazingly not a word on RTÉ main evening news.