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well today we're joined by conservative any please mr daniel hannan thank you very much for joining us first question that everyone is asking is where do you see the eurozone headed well we can now see very clearly that the euro is a recessionary instrument it's making people poorer it's causing deflation and emigration in the southern states is causing tax rises in the northern states if we

were looking at this completely logically we would immediately move towards an orderly unbundling of the single currency but of course the european union is not looking at it logically they come at this with so much political capital and actual capital invested that they can't bring themselves to admit that it was a mistake and so i'm afraid we risk the very thing they purport to fear which is a disorderly breakup of the euro caused by having tried to keep it together for too long an orderly break up is that really the cheaper and least painful option here i mean there are those that would argue that a breakup would be the more expensive option but do you think there are no good options from here there are no easy outcomes when you are looking at states with the level of debt that some of the e.u. member states have so we're dealing with lesser evils but there is no question that allowing each country to return to its own currency to start pricing its way back into the market exporting its way back to growth is less bad for all that the maybe some. short term uncontainable transitional costs is less valid

than carrying on with the current crisis on december ninety e.u. leaders agreed most of them at least agreed to move on into forming a fiscal compact in the u.k. used its veto to prevent any treaty changes so that when it comes to those who are saying that the u.k. probably will have less influence now in making decisions in the e.u. would it have been better if the u.k. had just got on board with the rest with this was the argument of course. that we were given when the euro was launched in the first place you have to be part of it or you'll lose all the influence you know the city of london will decline and so well look who was right you know i mean look there is nothing less attractive in politics and saying i told you so but there is no there's one thing less attractive and that is listening to the same discredited arguments from the same shameless politicians who got it wrong who got this badly wrong ten years ago and who are now trotting out exactly the same logic what else has to happen before they accept that their logic was flawed all wish logic is flawed do you think the economic or

political logic mainly the impossibility of jamming widely divergent economies into a single exchange rate and a single interest rate there is also a democratic cost it's not only a political cost last month we saw crews in two e.u. member states initially as in greece elected prime ministers were toppled in favor of euro structures trying to leave home europe in remission and a former vice president of the european central bank they had what are called national governments but the governments have been put together for the sole purpose of pushing through an agenda that would be rejected at a general election so that we see the if you like the anti democratic tendencies that were always there implicitly in the eurozone we now see them explicitly apparatchiks in brussels deal directly with apparatchiks in athens and in rome the people and their representatives have been cut off altogether all the e.u.

is still continuing to ask and look for help from outside the european union outside of the euro zone for money to beef up their. those mechanisms to help the bailouts of the euro zone countries as well as the i.m.f. what do you think of this measure of trying to look for help from the outside will it actually help solve the problem i mean this is this is treating a debt crisis with more debt. but you don't help an indebted friend by pushing more loans on him when a country can't meet its existing liabilities it's crazy to extend those liabilities we should move towards a. partial orderly default in countries which simply can't meet their debts and an agreed separation of the of the eurozone so you're saying that a euro collapse is the only solution here the collapse of the euro will be. the

beginning of a solution or you see the end of the euro as it currently stands will be the beginning of a solution but the real solution will come when there is a proper devolution of power so that decisions are taken more closely to the people that they affect and if you if you look at one of the really successful prosperous countries in the world the little ones the hong kong's the swiss saloons lichtenstein's the channel islands and monaco's the brunei is you know you could say oh well they're all tax havens that's making the question they became tax havens because they had low tax why do they have low taxes because they have the small state advantage without the duplication without the big government and if you want a simple explanation for why the european union is falling behind further and further in the world economy that's it and the european union would argue that because of these projects they are in fact helping the growth expansion and progress of member states of the european union do you think the good does outweigh the bad in this case if e.u. funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country in the union

and germany would now be the poorest here and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel in hamburg and duesseldorf protesting about the greek loans right. just as with individuals so with entire states if you become dependent on subsidies from somewhere else that saps your enterprise you start perfectly rationally early ranging your affairs around qualifying for the grounds instead of creating wealth and this is the tragedy of the recipient countries the best and brightest people in those countries the entrepreneurs the people who could have done so much making things inventing things selling things creating businesses in their home states because nothing can compete with the advantages of being on the e.u. payroll they all start gravitating towards either directly the brussels bureaucracy or in directly becoming contractors or consultants dependent on loans we in the contributor countries grumble about it but the real pain is felt in the recipient countries and one of the recently approved budget. as for the acquisition of new

buildings for the european parliament for example do you think the spending is justified and necessary i mean you know how crazy at a time like this when everybody i mean you know in every member state people are looking at how to trim budget you know do they do they really need two cars can they find a cheaper mobile phone operator all of my constituents are making these decisions we're all seeing a real decline in living standards and the european union is why you believe fire vizio rosies of millions and hundreds of millions of euros and visitors centers and museums and you know more entertainment allowances for commissioners and you know extraordinary my favorite story of the last commission was that. herman van rompuy and manuel barroso flew to the same summit in russia in separate private jets leaving brussels within four hours of each other and austerity is for the street sweeper in sluggo for the classroom assistant in corfu it's not for the

euro project you've been an m.e.p. for about twelve years now what do you know now that you didn't know before when we joined the european union we thought it would be a common market that was the phrase that people used and if pushed what we meant by common market was mutual product recognition right if i can sell a bottle of mineral water in person i should be absolute in france or germany and vice versa what we found instead is that it's a highly regulated market so you find that in order to sell a bottle of mineral water the bottle has to contain the following minerals but not any of these you know the volume has to be not greater than x. and not less than why the water has to comprise the following elements you can then find that even a bottle of mineral water that was never intended for export that is only consumed within a very small radius of where it can fall foul of the e.u. regulations and be declared illegal and so instead of getting a common market we have the opposite we have. a restricted market where instead of

being extended consumer choice is diminished so following your train of thought here are you saying that a european union can exist in current form for example if only it decentralizes power instead of consolidating it it wouldn't exist in anything like its present form i mean in one hundred seventy three which was the year that the united kingdom joined western europe was thirty six percent of world g.d.p. today it's twenty five percent and twenty twenty would be fifteen percent why is that the main constraint. a big inefficient government is international competition. you can raise your taxes up to a certain point and then the money starts going abroad to friendly jurisdictions and you have to crush it and you can bestow incredibly generous entitlements on your workforce maternity leave and paternity leave in a forty eight hour maximum we can go up to a certain point then the jobs start relocation but the european union gets you out

of that problem it obviates the challenge of external competition it allows you to export your costs. to your rivals and you could just about see the russian all for about fifty years ago when the main competition was coming from greece it is of course ridiculous when the main competition is coming from india china and so on and that's why the european union through this policy of centralization of harmonize ation of uniformity has consigned itself to economic and significance of this fight being a euro skeptic what are the advantages that you see of the european union and of being part of it the one thing the one thing that the european union has done is it has a major impossible. the secret diplomacy on any given day in brussels will be a meeting of agriculture ministers will transport minister is it doesn't even make a press release and i would such a normal thing for that to be happening so that is a good thing that we should be talking together that we should be collaborating on matters that we can't achieve singly and we should be arbitrating. no one is going

to disagree with that but to have that big you really don't need all the rest you don't need the bureaucracy you don't need the common agricultural policy you don't need the common fisheries policy you don't need the euro all of the rest is not only irrelevant to that goal but is actively harmful to it because as we now see the extent of integration far from spreading peace and goodwill in europe has had the effect it's actually increased national antagonisms to a greater level than they've been up since the second world war now many of the leaders right now want to forge that with the e.u. and the euro in its current form especially german chancellor angela merkel she has equated the survival of the euro and to the survival of peace what's your take on that the e.u. is a consequence rather than a cause of peace and you are the idea now that peace in europe depends on these massive bureaucracies in brussels is crazy peace in europe is maintained by trade by friendship and above all by the fact that we are now liberal democracies

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. headlines on r.t. russia's president has called for sweeping the political reforms during his state of the union speech retreatment wants to make it easier to run for office and suggested a return to direct elections for regional the. arab league observers are set to arrive in syria as part of a deal of aimed at tackling the bloodshed all of this while sanctions in damascus by the organization prove fission with the people being the ones feeling the pinch . america's controversial practice of death by lethal injection hits a stumbling block to the drugs supply line is cut by the e.u.

. those are the headlines here in our next hour it's time for the latest on the racism in english football. hello there welcome to the sports and these are the headlines chelsea captain john terry banks to clear his name after police charged him with racially abusing. anton ferdinand while liverpool's luis suarez will appeal against his eight match ban for racist remarks made to manchester united's patrice evra. agent yes the moscow and the euro league regular season in style with ten wins from ten to victory. but first chelsea and england captain john terry has back to fight tooth and nail to prove his innocence after being charged with racially abusing another player haile appear in court in february over claims he made offensive remarks to q.p.r.

defender third in and when the sides met in october police press charges after receiving a complaint from a member of the public if found guilty terry could face a fine of up to four thousand dollars although his chelsea manager andre pearce boas says the club will continue to support him and terry will play tonight at top of. the year's my my full support he has the club's full support. represents this close to a maximum level and. very grateful to have a player of his quality. you know what he represents of those of history and achievements here within the club. we know exactly he's human values and his personality to me they are never in the old so well for supporting whatever the outcome. liverpool striker luis suarez will appeal against his eight match ban the english f.a. finding guilty of racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra in

a recent game suarez did play in his side's goldish draw in last night and his team mates wore t. shirts with his face on them to show their support. well it's managed to city though who lead the table this christmas they stay two points ahead of manchester united after three know when united keeping up the pressure with a five year old rushing a full and asked to move into faith after she won win over aston villa robin van persie on target from the spot for the gun is his third and fourth goal we share newcastle lost three two to visiting west brom sunderland the queens park rangers by the same scoreline leavitt's interrupt for a narrow win over squandering but it is sitting over top of the tree. i am happy to say. i made before i was. back on what they say to you many times i think it is important to stay.

and. it's difficult because we may very games. and of course there. is but to stay on the top of that circle. well as mentioned earlier tottenham his fourth place chelsea tonight spurs could go within seven points of man city with a win over the blues but despite a great run of form this season spurs boss harry redknapp reckons it will be a close game. going you know between two good teams and. you know we have come a long way for sure you know a few years ago we would be certainly talking about. you know an even game if you do it between us and it looks at the moment the two evenly matched. but also tonight barcelona hope to reach the last sixteen of the copper del rey when they face hospital a tete from the spanish division the catalans have a one hour leave from the first leg but will be resting several key plays after their club world cup triumph over brazilian champion santos at the weekend that

victory means they've now won an incredible thirteen trophies out of a possible sixteen and even though ryall madrid coach josie marino suggested their latest achievement was mine a faster boss pep guardiola believes it will benefit the club. margaret said it yesterday as a compliment with thank you each one for a moment coach this is highlighted by the media way too much we were like you too late and lucky to win it we're happy and i think that the fact that a spanish team can win this cop is a positive feeling and that is all. russia will play europe why in their final friendly match before the start of the european championships next summer the gap because men will face the south americans in moscow on may the twenty fifth and will then head to a week long training camp in switzerland before the tournament starts in ukraine and poland on june eighth russia will play in one other friendly before the tournament and away match against denmark and shed your feb twenty ninth. and the

main down spain have ended the year on top of the fifa world rankings the world and european champions reigning seed praying for a fourth year running with the netherlands and germany completing the top three there for russia twelve just behind denmark while wales with the biggest gainers of the year collecting more points than any other country to break back into the top fifty while at the other end american samoa finally moved off the bottom after recording their first victory last month after the straight defeat. another new xbox floyd mayweather has been sentenced to ninety days in jail for assaulting an ex-girlfriend the five division world champion admitting he did hate his former partner josie harris during an argument at their home last year may where there was also ordered to pay a two and a half thousand dollar fine and complete one hundred hours of community service the thirty four year old agreed to a plea deal meaning he will not have to answer felony charges of beating miss harris and threatening to with their children. basketball to become only the

third side ever to complete the euro league regular season unbeaten their ninety one points to eighty three when. giving them ten wins from ten in greek be discussed scored within seconds of the two. often that really did set the tone for the game as they dominated field to see chipping in with eighteen points for the visit is the army men were already guaranteed a place in the last sixteen but they were determined to keep up there are three to none and they certainly will be the site to be may go into the next round elsewhere but a russian side because that also finished off their regular season in style terror live day helping them to a sixty three seventy six raid win over union a limpia really is qualifying for the third spot and retake a union meanwhile for the bottom of that title this will be sending up with the worst win loss ratio in the euro league this season with just one victory and nine deflates. twice talking now in the cage where you could have posted the

s.c. consecutive victory after beating spartak moscow in the russian capital the siberian same only joined the elite league last year but they're already causing quite a stir. as the story. ice hockey club you grow up from siberian city of complements east was founded in two thousand and six and spent the next four years clawing its way into russia's elite and its ricky cage show year that see which was certainly lacking in star power still managed to end the regular season in central place and put it fine for the playoffs on first exams though you grow was no doubt from conference where finals in twenty ten hunger for postseason action is evidently as strong as ever. we have a funny toast and scrawled which is vital for a team without any so-called star parents and it was proved last year when a rockies and made it into the can playoffs which despite a slow start this season for various reasons we're back on track and will be

fighting for postseason qualification again in their latest match hugh grant managed to come from behind and defeat sports moscow to record their six successive victory said berens now sits in the middle of the cage fell standings the league by four in better shape than their wednesday opponents the posted their fourth loss in a row obviously i'm really happy with the score we stuck to our game plan and we worked hard and we were able to come back there again and again so it's a victory for for us zanny group is you grosse canadian import who signed with siberians less than a couple of months ago though his november day view was more and by an injury the defender got back into action in almost no time in order to continue helping his team get to the coveted playoffs it's a work in progress we've been playing well lately i think we haven't lost in five games now so i mean we are definitely headed the right way and hopefully we can go in and get ready for the playoffs you grass' rosser is by no means star studded

however even this regular season match against spartak moscow showed that the siberian side is capable of reaching new heights on pure passion and character. ramon cossar of our city. mosco. we've got time for one more story at defenders dame school many ghosted they but few will be more spectacular than this one this cracker found the back of the net in the hong kong top flight over the weekend an amazing i had cake that would have made the life of man she likes me go would be green with envy but the trouble is it's a known goal is nigerian defender festus attempts to clear the board in the spectacular fashion fortunately his side says this went on to win three. that's the sport for the moment more later.

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