Sorry to disappoint Trossy the country where I reside is on the up - only slowly mind - but on the mend. A total of 1,000 kilometres of new high speed railway coming on stream this year just one example and how many miles of high speed line in the UK - 62 miles I think.
What I was annoyed about was the last sentence of LN-IDAs comments - other people thinking they know best. If you read your English history we have been doing this to the rest of the world - especially in Africa, Asia and the Middle East for many hundreds of years and look where it has got us now - paying the price I am afraid.
Anyway hope the Greek situation is all sorted sorted out and quickly. Off now to have a glass of five year old Rioja Reserva from a bottle which has cost me 2 pounds 10p!