madam president my constituents in london simply cannot afford the gbp two hundred and eighty-eight estimated per family as their part of the contribution to the seven billion bail-out of ireland
the irish are the authors of their own misfortune their government mismanaged their economy and fuelled a house-building boom unrelated to reality
but worst of all they joined the european single currency
the first step in solving their problems is to leave the euro instead ireland has chosen to subject itself to financial governance from the european union
the longer it takes to leave the euro the worse the consequences of the exit will be
the same applies of course to portugal italy spain and greece and no doubt others
the only sensible thing that the late and unlamented labour government did was to keep britain out of the euro
a sensible thing that the coalition government can do is to stop throwing good money after bad
