Greek debt
First find an expert
Christine and George, but who is the expert?
It is surprising to see the Guardian being so forthright about the EU. With this article they seem to have woken up to the reality behind the financial problems of Greece. Even so they are still behind the curve. By contrast both Christopher Booker and Liam Halligan have moved onto the future risks to the UK. However, the problems highlighted by Booker and Halligan did not arrive overnight. The situation the UK faces has been a long time coming, you might have thought an 'expert' would have spotted this and done something to soften the risk. Well two things to ponder, what is an expert? And what could they have done?
Let's start with another situation regarding John Kay, a former Director of the Halifax Build Society that eventually became known as HBOS. Back in the early part of 2009 he was giving evidence to the Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee.
