Europe Austerity

'Austerity Is Simply Failing'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.12.2012 | UK

Ed Miliband has branded David Cameron "clueless" during an address at a rally in London's Hyde Park, part of a huge protest against Government austeri...

Spain's Banks and the Con-Trick of the Century

Matt Carr | Posted 11.08.2012 | UK Politics
Matt Carr

After months of denials and prevarications, the Spanish government has finally done what many economists have been predicted it would have to do for months, and asked for a 100 billion-euro bailout for its sieve-like and utterly corrupt banking system.