Britain told off by Germany.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.express.co...ish-and-speak-German-

Seems like we are standing alone once again, against the might of Germany, what should Cameron tell them to do, when he visits Berlin on Friday?

Do you think he will arrive back in Britain waving a paper with the words on it, 'Peace in our time'?

Or is this just wishful thinking?

[venator]

(sings) who do you think you're kidding Mrs Merkel...

Sorry if that causes offence to any Europhile ABers, but you can have a go at me by clicking there tasteful red letters Ab Editor

[paddywak]

I like to think he'll tell him what to do in some good old English terminology but I very much doubt if he will

[nannybooby]

just dont mention the war

[venator]

I was referring only to Germany's feelings that it is destined to unify and control the whole of Europe, including France.

I was not inferring that any other beliefs of AH and Kaiser Bill were shared by the utterly charming, shy and retiring Ms Merkel.

Oh how thin skinned are the Europhiles...

[venator]

And i never mentioned either of the wars...

[jake-the-peg]

Growth in Germany 2.5%
Growth in France 1.5%
Growth in UK 0.5%

http://www.tradingeco...rates-list-by-country

So on what basis is Cameron qualified to offer advice?

[jake-the-peg]

Well I guess he could say "For goodness sake don't do what we did"

[Old_Geezer]

Germany should follow the UK example and speak American ;-)

[venator]

Britain is third largest net contributor

Britain is running a £45 billion trade deficit with Europe

Do we need them No

Do they need our money and our busines Yes

[venator]

Germany is growing because we buy their cars

We've slowed down because we've made the cuts that the rest of Europe will get round to when they've finshed posturing and their borrowing costs go further through the ceiling

[Kayless]

Bleeding twist and shouts didn't their French poodle tell us to shut and mind our own business last week they can't have it both ways!

[DTCwordfan]

Some stats for your digestion - surprisingly the Spanish debt ratio is not that high, but then its unemployment.......and our debt is now below that of Germany and France - this would suggest that a little release of the brake to counter unemployment and stimulate growth may be possible - wait for Osbourne's profferings next week.

National Sovereign Debt ratios to GDP (source CIA and IMF) current
GDP Eurostats and est Q3 growth on Q3 last year.
Unemployment

Greece 140% -5.2% GDP >18% Unemployment
Italy 118% est 0.4% 8.3%
Spain 60% 0.8% GDP 22.6%
Germany 83% 2.6% GDP 5.8%
France 82% 1.6% GDP 9.9%
UK 80% 0.5% GDP 8.1%
Ireland 95% est 0.3% 14.2%

[venator]

What an example of how to run an economy,

The auditors of the EU have refused to sign off the accounts for the last 16 years, and the whole bunch of the commission have been forced to resign - Twice - for corruption.

Would you have anything to do with a business run by such a bunch of clowns?

Europhiles all sing "we're not listening we're not listening we're not listening we're not listening we're not listening" followed by Deutschland uber alles

[venator]

DT - thanks for that - I don't trust figures too much after my time with KPMG, but we seem to compare fairly well.

[Khandro]

'Germany is growing because we buy their cars' and why is that ? because they make very good cars and we made rubbish cars, presided over by bad management. Even the few decent cars we made; Bentley etc. we couldn't make a success of, sold them to Germany and they made them into world beaters again. Maybe it's time we listened.

[Kayless]

Our car industry made crap becuase of management were not allowed to manage because of Red Robbo type commies.