with the people being the ones to feel the pinch. america's a controversial practice of death by lethal injection hits a stumbling block as the drugs supply line is caught by the. now as the eurozone faces an uncertain future with the leaders struggling to reach an accord on how to solve the ongoing economic crisis we discussed the efforts with an e.p. from the united kingdom that exclusive interview coming your way right now. 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 and 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 the maybe some

. short term uncontainable transitional costs is less bad 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 and 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 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 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 us 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 with truffles in favor of bureaucrats is trying to leave home years in remission and a former vice president of the european central bank that is they head 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 out all together all the e.u. is still continuing to 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 that you don't help an indebted friend by pushing more loans on em. 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 that debt 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 of monaco's the brunei's you know now 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 did they have low taxes because they had 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 he you funds were the way to growth greece would now be the richest country

in the union and germany would now be the poorest. and crowds would be marching furiously in kiel and 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 arranging 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 because they all start gravitating towards either directly the brussels bureaucracy or indirectly becoming contractors or consultants dependent on process 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 to 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. manual barroso flew to the same summit in russia in separate private jets leaving brussels within four hours of each other in 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 lopsided in france or germany and vice versa so 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's bottled 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 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 in 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 cut 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 relocating 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 rationale for that 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 significant. skeptic what are the. european part of it the one thing the one thing that the european union has done is it has made it impossible. the secret diplomacy on any given day in brussels will be a meeting of agricultural ministers of transport ministers 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 i'll just use these things no one is going to disagree with that but i 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 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. for. her and for especially german chancellor angela merkel. 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 in europe the idea now that peace in europe depends on these massive bureaucracies in brussels is crazy. by trade by friendship and above

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the headlines on r.t. russia's president has called for sweeping the political reforms during his state of the union speech to retreatment yet if one is 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 that all of this while sanctions imposed on damascus by the organization prove an official with the people being the ones feeling the pinch. america's controversial practice of death by lethal injection hits a stumbling block the drugs supply line is cut by the e.u.

. those are the headlines here and it's time for the latest on the racism in english football. hello there welcome to the sport and these are the headlines chelsea captain john terry vance 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. they didn't just come off go and the league regular season in style with ten wins from ten to victory over the car. but first chelsea and england captain john terry has vowed 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 keep 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 club to a maximum level and. we have very grateful to have a player of his quality. you know what he represents of those of history and achievements you know within the club. we know exactly he's human values and his personality for me they are never in doubt so while 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 wigan 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 no win over stoke united keeping up the pressure for the five new york rushing a full and arsenal moving to face the after to one win over aston villa robin van persie on target from the spot for the gunners his third and fourth goal here newcastle lost three two to visiting west brom sunderland the queens park rangers by the same scoreline while everton are up to a level after a narrow win over swans and but it is city who are top of the tree. i met before i was born does that. impact on what they say to you many times i think it is important to. know this is wrong and

. it's difficult because you're not going to. do it when it's in a court then. is better to stay on the top of that second. 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. goal which is a very choice 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 sitting here talking about. you know an even game if you do it between us and looks at the moment the two evenly matched. but also tonight barcelona hope to reach that are sixteen of the copper del rey when they face hospital attack from the spanish division the catalans have a one nearly from the first leg but will be resting several key players 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 real madrid coach josie marino suggested their latest achievement was minor past the boss pep guardiola believes it will benefit the club. said it yesterday as a compliment we thank you and that's all each worked on for all my reach coach this is highlighted by the media way too much we were likely to bleed and likely to win it we are happy and i think that the fact that a spanish team can win this cup is a positive thing 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 more 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 their market share your feb twenty ninth. in the rain down spain have ended the year on top of the fifa world rankings the world and european champions reigning supremum 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 followed the other end american samoa finally moved off the bottom after recording their first victory last month after the straight defeats. the new xbox or 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 her 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 ms harris

and threatening to rip their children. now 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 tipoff and that really did set the tone for the game as they dominated me last year to see each chipping in with eighteen points with a visit is the army men were already guaranteed a place in the last sixteen but they were determined to keep up their unbeaten run and they will go certainly will be the side to beat may go into next round elsewhere but the russian side also finished off their regular season in style tara live day helping them to a sixty three seventy six raid win over union olympia really is qualifying for the third spot and greet you meanwhile for the bottom of that table has to be ending up with the worst win loss ratio in the euro league this season with just one victory and nine deflates i twice talking now in the cage where you've

posted their c consecutive victory after beating spartak moscow in the russian capital the siberian same only joining 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 conti muncie's 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 exempt though you grow was knocked out from conference for finals in twenty days and hunger for postseason action is evidently as strong as ever before we have a very toast night squalled which is vital for a team without any so-called star players and it was proved last year when they were okies and made it into the can playoffs which despite

a slow start this season for various reasons we're back on track and we will be fighting for postseason qualification again in their latest match you graham managed to come from behind and defeat sports must go to record their six successive victory said berens now sits in the middle of the cage shell 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 here the end of the game so it's a victory point for us zanny group is you grosse canadian import was signed with siberians less than a couple of months ago though his november debut was more 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 and also i mean more are definitely headed the right way and hopefully we can go in

and get ready for the playoffs you grass' roster 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 likes of mine she like when you ring the guy would be green with envy but the trouble is it's an own goal is nigerian defender first attempts to clear the board for a spectacular fashion fortunately though his side says the same went on to win three two. that's the sport for the moment more like two.

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