With Friends like These

I understand that Eire is up shit creek with a Guinness paddle; and that it's sort of in our country's interests that Irish banks don't go the way of the pear, but...

£7billion in a time of severe austerity for this country? If Eire are our friends, what are the public sector workers facing massive jobs losses? Our enemies? I wonder if our idiot government has any words of encouragement for those who have already lost their jobs and face an uphill battle to get some benefits, in the month before the festive season?

I sometimes think that all this government are doing is making sure that the next people in government will have such a mess on their hands that everyone will want Cameron back.