With American aid, Germany was able to reconstruct virtually from scratch and their national psyche is still much more responsible and disciplined than in the UK. Hence, they entered a boom era after the war and they’re financial industry behaved more responsibly and was more tightly regulated in any case. Their Achilles heel and that of France too, will be their pensions deficit in the years ahead. The UK will face the same problem, but on a significantly less alarming scale. I think the UK will learn a hard lesson and be on the ropes for a while, but when we bounce back we’ll leave the other big EU players standing. I also think that just when we should be enjoying the benefits of dragging ourselves out of austerity, our cash will be siphoned off by the EU to help our “partners” with their pensions crises – and whatever Labour or Conservative government holds Westminster at that time will tamely allow it to happen.

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I have just had a conspiracy attack.
9/11 was an attack on World Trade, which was governed by America and their Multi-Nationals.
The culprits, Al-Qaeda, are still around causing monetary mayhem for America. (Iraq-
Afghanistan.) China also was beginning to acquire more $dollars than the USA!
The extreme wealthy Conservatives of America (The Bush Dynasty and the rest of the
1% gang of richest Americans.) saw this trouble approaching. No time to stop it,
so they whip the carpet from under Wall Street, stash the money away, outa sight.
(IT has NOT vanished except to us ordinary mortals). A child of the Neo-Cons,
maybe the Bush’s child, will leap onto the rubble that is left and SAVE the old World Order.
Mr George Bush will have the last laugh!

And anybody who watches Dad’s Army will be laughing for ever.
PS: Germany has very serious unemployment at the moment. Greater than UK, and not half the sense of humour.

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