Tuesday 24 January 2012

Jacques Santer - SPIV!

The Purple Scorpion notes that Jacques Santer, ex European Commission President, who was forced to resign, along with the entire Commission, amid allegations of corruption and fraud, has been appointed as Head of the eurozone’s ‘Special Purpose Investment Vehicle’.


Of course to those of us of a certain age a Spiv was someone of questionable ethics, so just for once perhaps the EU has made the right decision with this appointment.

4 comments:

Antisthenes said...

Our leaders are so arrogant that theses days they act corruptly openly. I wish for the good old days when they did it covertly at least it showed some respect for us lesser mortals and it at least let us believe democracy was alive and kicking.

andy5759 said...

The way out of the mess is for the EU to ensure every one of us receives Special High Intensity Training (SHIT). There will need to be a Commissioner for SHIT. The Commissioner's task will be to make sure that all European citizens get their fair share of SHIT. Anyone who feels that they are not getting enough SHIT can simply ask the Commission for more SHIT. It is the duty of the Commission to oversee production of SHIT so that SHIT reserves do not fall below needed levels. I predict that in the coming year we all all have as much SHIT as we can handle. This is another success story from the mighty EU.

P.S. word verification; ebegin??? How about efoff

WitteringsfromWitney said...

A: True.......

a5759: We get that already - we don't need more of it!

microdave said...

According to JoNova a new element, Governmentium, has been discovered. This could explain a lot.