COULD ANGELA BE GETTING A LITTLE FRUSTRATED?

It would appear that Chancellor Merkel is getting more than annoyed with President Hollande, the French socialist; the one that promised the great Shangri-La, by taking from the worker and giving to the waster. The standard left wing remedy, which naturally gathers plenty of votes from that section of society. Angela must know that the game is up, as the French economy drowns in its own stupidity of scaring the wealth makers to death, many fleeing the country for calmer havens. The nonsense is the theory, that if socialism is given the authority to run the national economy, everything becomes fair. This is, of course, total bunkum.

Interestingly, we had considered a river cruise down the Rhone this year. I felt, however, that a veto needed to be put on the suggestion, as, should the bubble burst, the French will all 'down tools', and I would never forgive myself for being so stupid as to be caught in the middle of their disputes, which could be catastrophic for Europe.

The author would like to think that such things can be avoided; debt however, is a very serious problem.

IT'S THE PAYING IT BACK.