tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post4194258483244111620..comments2023-08-04T21:25:23.543+01:00Comments on A Heron's View: EU attack on GreeceA Heron's Viewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-657186967100605852015-07-06T09:09:38.325+01:002015-07-06T09:09:38.325+01:00Thank you Fran.
You are quite correct in what you ...Thank you Fran.<br />You are quite correct in what you have said about politicians and I often think it is they who are the enemy within.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-37283068786598159992015-07-06T06:51:35.803+01:002015-07-06T06:51:35.803+01:00Hello Mel, as I write this morning the Greeks hav...Hello Mel, as I write this morning the Greeks have done the right thing and voted No. This is a great article and has set the case out quite neatly. I would like to think that our Government might take a warning that people are fed up with austerity but unfortunately they are so concerned with lining the rich pockets that they will not listen until the 76% that didn't vote for them start really making their protests heard. I wish the Greek people well and I hope that the No vote kicks some common sense in to the EC leaders.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117681021989984923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-87004137135841051922015-07-03T23:46:43.356+01:002015-07-03T23:46:43.356+01:00You do know that it would probably not have come t...You do know that it would probably not have come this if Germany had been honest and paid WW2 reparation to Greece, a figure which stands now at roughly 300 billion Euros!<br />What you have said Jonny is I believe correct - thank you for your comment.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-74332547188229679592015-07-03T21:24:04.989+01:002015-07-03T21:24:04.989+01:00Great stuff Mel, It has to be NO! it'll be tou...Great stuff Mel, It has to be NO! it'll be tough but has to be worth it..Jonny Brushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930858136950814527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-25209981822436081192015-07-02T23:57:34.285+01:002015-07-02T23:57:34.285+01:00Hello John!
Am sure your vote and mine, if we had ...Hello John!<br />Am sure your vote and mine, if we had one. Then each of us would vote for the same ideal :)A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-74154265720516877382015-07-02T23:21:09.463+01:002015-07-02T23:21:09.463+01:00Excellent post sir, I also know which way I'd ...Excellent post sir, I also know which way I'd vote.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-80866526092405233102015-07-01T20:14:10.633+01:002015-07-01T20:14:10.633+01:00Well Joanne I don't think everyone here benefi...Well Joanne I don't think everyone here benefitted from the EU. During this latest financial recession well over half a million Irish people, many of them between the ages 18 to 28, have migrated to other countries. People have lost their homes - over 5,000 this year - because they are unable to pay their mortgages and breakfast clubs (to feed hungry pupils) have existed in schools here now for several years. Social benefits have been cut massively which affects many of the most vulnerable in our country. Ireland may not have the poverty that was prevalent many years ago but it still has a long way to go yet.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-6866125023811845542015-07-01T19:25:50.742+01:002015-07-01T19:25:50.742+01:00Reminds you of Ireland, does it not? Not Ireland i...Reminds you of Ireland, does it not? Not Ireland in the EU, who suffered and then rose like a phoenix, but the Ireland my great grandparents left. I think we all know how Greece should vote, and I am confident the EU will not abandon Greeks.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-79163205781481925772015-07-01T16:49:56.015+01:002015-07-01T16:49:56.015+01:00When the EU was first formed it was known as the E...When the EU was first formed it was known as the EC and it's codes of practice were very different to what it is now. I was in the early days pro EC, as I saw a great deal of benefit in european countries all working together for the benefit and protection of their people.The EU policies have now changed to become a benefit society for the Billionaires and Bankers.<br />You may well be right that Greece would be better off outside of the EU.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-15919749086662034212015-07-01T16:38:29.683+01:002015-07-01T16:38:29.683+01:00Good to hear from you Val. I found this to be a ve...Good to hear from you Val. I found this to be a very informative article, which I realised just had to be shared, especially with all of the media hype and misinformation that is being bandied about. A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-69977519766669908372015-07-01T16:34:18.472+01:002015-07-01T16:34:18.472+01:00Hello Pat the author is Prof. by Joseph Stiglitz ,...Hello Pat the author is Prof. by Joseph Stiglitz , not me I read it very early this morning and found his words ringing true.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-28783869759815847932015-07-01T16:23:32.867+01:002015-07-01T16:23:32.867+01:00I think, after reading your commentary on the situ...I think, after reading your commentary on the situation, I might well be behind you in the queue.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-39270883913111124902015-07-01T16:09:44.828+01:002015-07-01T16:09:44.828+01:00Very well put! An excellent article, Mel. Thanks f...Very well put! An excellent article, Mel. Thanks for sharing this!Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069061569253153388.post-54172882082544033432015-07-01T15:22:58.189+01:002015-07-01T15:22:58.189+01:00I'm so glad our country is independent and doe...I'm so glad our country is independent and doesn't have an outside agency dictating how we run our economy. Greece is in a no win situation, but I think they'd be better off outside the EU.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.com