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We are hearing a lot about the sovereign, national and private debt crises in Europe from our media presently and especially relating to Greece. But as a blog from Stephanie Flanders of the BBC explains, the elephant in this particular room may be the United States of America.

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The Greek parliament has passed an emergency budget allowing delivery of loans from the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank which should prevent the government on its debts within the next three weeks. Reuters have a report here with more detail. There is also a lot of coverage of the ongoing riots across Greece – from MSNBC.

The IMF/ECB loan agreement involves the Greek government guaranteeing to sell many national assets to the private sector and hence the ‘gifts to the Greeks’ image above.

 

Amid the concern over the future of the EU, the Euro and the so-called ‘European project’, another older Act of Union is also under strain and particularly so, since devolution. There’s a short explanation about how the original act between England and Scotland came about here.

Alex Salmond’s SNP is keen on a return to an independent Scotland and is in a strong position to attempt a referendum for this following a big win in the 2011 Scottish Assembly elections.

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They are always right behind you – until they are not. In the news this week, beleagured Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, his boss David Cameron and Ed Miliband the under fire leader of the Labour party.