WELL DONE BRADLEY WIGGINS!

This is not a boast about a Brit. winning the Tour de France, but this, an achievment for any cyclist, particularly someone residing on these shores. For some little time, the United Kingdom has been upping its game in the the field of the two wheeled sport. As an observer, I recall the advent of a very special machine, I'm sure, constructed from carbon fibre, in the capable hands of Chris Boardman. Since that time, in the early nineties, we appear to have made considerable strides in all aspects of the sport. The 2012 Olympics are about to commence, and the UK will be defending a number of Gold Medals in cycling events. Who knows, we could retain some.

On the downside, some of our citizens consider that we should now give these two wheeled travellers much more space on our roadways. Unfortunately, that won't deliver the butter for the bread. It may be a weakness with many nations, instant euphoria. We even get an increase in potential tennis players during the Wimbledon fortnight.

Nevertheless, Bradley Wiggins has done us proud, along with his team mates; it has to be a team effort. Not forgetting the moment when Wiggins slowed the field down, following 'the tacks on the road incident'. He did this, so as not to steal an advantage over those unfortunate competitors who suffered punctures.

AGAIN, WELL DONE BRADLEY WIGGINS!

WHICH NATION WILL WIN THE MONEY THROWING EVENT?

As the summer recession overtakes parliamentarians, hopefully we shall see less, or no borrowed funds being used to prop up the regimes within Europe which have been spending non existent money for years, with gay abandon. This largesse has been mainly occurring under socialist led administrations, the biggest of which being the EU Kremlin in Brussels. The European Parliament just loves telling the rest of its member nations what the financial requirements are for the forthcoming year, which naturally is always an increase, never thinking of cutting back to suit economic conditions.

We should hope, therefore, that the holiday season will give the taxpayer some respite. Don't bank on it. The forthcoming Olympics, London 2012, will cost Britain a lot of money. So why not have an event on money hurling. This wouldn't necessarily be a physical exercise, but more of a brains trust. All we need is a panel of reliable economists assessing the stupidity of governments around the world over the last four years. Britain would obviously expect to be on the podium, possibly with a gold medal. We should be good at it, having gone through 13 years of Labour Governments; training schedules were rocked slightly following the May 2010 General Election. We can now report that we are back on track, throwing bad (borrowed money) into 'black holes', along with printing plenty. It would come under the heading of reality; people, however, only show interest in so-called reality when it's about celebrity.


NOT WHEN IT IS POSITIVELY REAL.

FROGS LEGS IN PICKLE.

Barely has President Hollande's suit dried out, following his inauguration, where he promised to lower the retirement age to 60, and to squeeze the wealthy, the money generating wing of a successful society; when right on cue, his financial advisers have made it clear that billions of euros have to be cut from the budget, with immediate effect.

Didier Migaud, head of the country's Cour des Comptes audit body, is insisting that action must not be delayed, due to the excessive borrowing by the Government.

I'm sure the Germans are watching these events with considerable interest.


NEVER TRUST AN ECONOMIC NEOPHYTE WITH YOUR CASH.