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Euro no hope springs eternal

Spring onions or salad onions?

The EU rules that spring onions must now be called salad onions?
Code or canard it exemplifies the dire state of the union Continue reading

One foot from the Algarve

One Foot in the Algarve still

Scoffing a Full-English in a café full of the English is not what I travel for. For many though it seems home-only-hotter is what makes a holiday. Continue reading

Strangers on a Tram

 

Anyone would find an empty section on a busy tram suspicious How they react to why says much about their culture   At the far end of a busy, late afternoon tram in Geneva, Switzerland sits an almost empty section. … Continue reading

The road to penury

Empty Pockets

Bailouts for bad investments aren’t just morally wrong, they won’t work either.
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Democracy is a Greek word

Greek flag with Euro symbol

Greece’s finances kicked off the “Euro Crisis”. Democracy, if not beaten to it, will bring it to a conclusion. Continue reading