Schadenfreude

[sunny-dave]

It's hard to think of a news story that has made me happier today (apart from the cricket, obviously).

The prospect of the Saudis going broke brings joy to my heart - I remember only too well the dreadful impact that their control of the oil taps through OPEC has had on this country over far too many years.

After decades of a spurious authority over much of the rest of the world (based solely on an accident of geology) it looks like karma is about to strike with a vengeance - not a moment too soon in my opinion.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/oilprices/11768136/Saudi-Arabia-may-go-broke-before-the-US-oil-industry-buckles.html

[wolf63]

I love that word. Can't pronounce it but love the sentiment.

[Togo]

shadan froida. All we need now is the German car makers to go bust and the French cheese and wine producers to follow suit.Haha

[sevenOP]

"based solely on an accident of geology"

sunny-dave you and I and everyone else are here based solely on an accident of birth canals ... and Saudi Foreign Reserves dwarf their deficit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign-exchange_reserves

[Gromit]

The Saudis are going broke.
Rubbish article by the Telegraph's resident doomsayer Ambrose Evans-Pritchard.

[Gromit]

Not going broke

[Peter Pedant]

saudi have been consistently pro British and I would be sorry to see them go back to desert tents and camels

[ wh the older saudis have been predicting as a sort of old-man's-pasttime ]