Derek Evans Thoughts

Found this on Euronews website and have tweeted it as well. This is the extent of protectionism that maybe we thought was ending at least in what we consider the developed capitalistic world. Well there you go. When the going gets tough the Italians seem to be called foul. But then is the authority of what we Brits also despise, the precedence of European Union law above national edicts and a requirement to come into line, going to prevent this. Somehow I doubt this. But consider this. If the UK took the same view at least of its companies that it considers strategic, would it allow foreign ownership of say Cadbury's, and American CEOs at places such as Barclays. Oh and naturally when the US considers its company's it has certainly blocked takeovers by Chinese companies of US businesses so do not think that in reality the US is nearly as open as we are because that is not the case. Whether you like him or loath him, Murdoch had to become a US resident and committed to that co...

So today is the last day and what a contest it has been so far. In a few minutes we have the Scotland v Italy game from Edinburgh. The former must win to prevent a whitewash and dare one say it but the next worse team, whoever that could be would have two wins more. The only thing is Scotland's favour is that Italy do not play well when away from their home ground. The next game in today's schedule is Ireland v England. England are going for the grand slam and therefore win all their games. Ireland need to regain some pride after last week's defeat to Wales. This game is probably the most important one of the three as it will either confirm England's progress towards the World Cup that will take place in New Zealand starting in September, or re-invigorate the planning being made for the same reason by Ireland. An Ireland defeat would bring back concerns about the playing and backroom staff and the impact it would have on expectations at the World Cup. The final game...