Month: June 2010

Spain, a country dear to my heart, is in trouble. Not from its unreformed labour laws and resulting two-tier labour market, its borrowing binges on cheap Euro interest rates or even its burst property bubble, the combination of which has resulted in an astonishing 20% unemployment – although none of these have helped the situation.… Continue reading Trouble still looming in the sun

Ah, the “new politics”, where all political misbehaviour was to come to an end. Oh, for the bright halcyon days of early May. It was good while it lasted – about 18 days – wasn’t it?