tightening the noose on america's controversial death penalty the e.u. plugs the flow of drugs used to kill u.s. inmates. as the eurozone faces an uncertain future with the leaders struggling to reach an accord on how to solve the ongoing economic problems we discuss the issues with an m.e.p. from the u.k. and if you 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 i mean 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 sheep or at 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 ninth the 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 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 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 as you know 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 your. right to leave from your information 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 off altogether 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 and 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 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 the monaco's the brunei's you know now you can 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. 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 subsequent reprise 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 because 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 now one of the recently approved budget. it's 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 likely the lead fire rose these 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 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 and 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 decentralizes power instead of consolidating 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 will 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 advantages that. 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 minister is it doesn't even make a press release now it's 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 the skills no one is going to disagree with that but i have that 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 that 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 so many of the leaders right now for. her and for 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 in europe the idea now that peace in europe depends on these massive bureaucracies in brussels is crazy. by trade by friendship and above all by the fact that we are now liberal democracies rather than tearing countries thank you carol.

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hello welcome to the latest for this thursday and here are the headlines fighting talk chelsea and england captain john terry vows to clear his name after the police charged him with racially abusing q.p.r. defender anton ferdinand. while also little boys luis suarez will appeal against his eight match ban and find the racist remarks made to manchester united three cetera. on the right boxing world champion floyd mayweather faces three months in jail for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. but chelsea and england captain john terry has vowed to fight tooth and nail to prove his innocence after being charged with racially abusing q.p.r. defender anton ferdinand there's only one year old son to haul for appearing in court on february the first ever claims he vocally abused twenty six year old ferdinand two in the blues one zero defeat at loftus road on the twenty third

police press charges after receiving a complaint from a member of the public while i found guilty cherry could face a fine of up to four thousand dollars although his manager believe it is worse says the club will continue to support him and the skipper will leave the blues in this thursday's crunch london derby at tottenham. yes my money for support is the club's full support. represents this close to a maximum level and. we have very grateful to have a player of his quality. you know what he represents in terms of history and achievements you know within the club. we know exactly he's human values and his personality. so well for supporting whatever the outcome well in the meantime liverpool striker luis suarez will appeal against his eight match ban and sixty two thousand dollar fine the english f.a. found a year ago and guilty of racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra in the

woman draw down field on october fifteenth suarez display in the reds goalless draw we're going on wednesday night and his team mates wore t. shirts with his face on them to show their support for me while it's manchester city who leave the table this christmas for the first time since one thousand nine hundred twenty nine better mancini side won three no less home to stoke to stay two points clear of manchester united and kept up the pressure on the top and cornerbacks some of the goal difference gap with a final triumph that followed robin van persie netted his thirty fourth goal of the year after one to want to aston villa west brom hung on for a three two victory it's just ring new castle martin o'neill made it two wins from three sunderland also defeated q.p.r. three to everton if swanzy one they'll but it's city who hold the psychological and the points lead. by my producer. before i was born. back to our what i say we all may times i think it is important to stay in the end

though this is not and for these. it's difficult because you're not going to win every game so that this won't do it we are not in a. what is better to stay on the top of that so-called well as we said third place tottenham host a fourth place chelsea in a key london darby this thursday night spurs could go back to within seven points of manchester city and still have a game in hand if they beat the visiting blues but despite their second best ever run this season tottenham manager harry redknapp reckons it will be a close game. for you which is a very choice game you know between two good teams and here 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're right between us and chelsea and it looks at the moment to be evenly matched teams i would. well over in spain barcelona are aiming to reach the last sixteen of

the copper del rey with victory at home to third division side also has a lead that guardiola side holds a one million from the first leg from their neighboring minnows but he will rest several key players after sunday's four nil club world cup triumph at the brazilian champions santos that victory means boss i have now won thirteen out of a possible sixteen trophies and even the rail madrid coach chose a marine you know suggested their rivals last achievement was minor guardiola believes it will benefit the club. to. read said it yesterday as a compliment with thank you and that's all each worked on for all my reads coach this is highlighted by the media way too much we were like you two played 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. well in the meantime just like manchester city in england the french leagues big spenders paris signed him out will enjoy life at the top of the table this christmas the capital club when three points clear of

money bellyache following a one zero victory at something again record signing the story made a poor job of a decent chance but. swiftly made up for the argentinians just after half an hour. on the home side went all out in search of an equaliser in the second half. held on to their narrow advantage winning one nil to take the outright lead in the league after my last forty with a deal in the day. and meanwhile the russian national team will play two time world cup winners year ago i in their final friendly match before the start of the european championships next summer they can because many will face the south american side in moscow on may the twenty fifth until then head to a week long training camp in switzerland before the tournament starts in poland and ukraine on july eighth russia will play in one of the friends. before the tournament she's away to denmark on february the twenty ninth. and in other news

world champion boxer floyd mayweather jr has been sentenced to ninety days in jail for assaulting his ex-girlfriend the five division champion admitted hitting his former partner josie harris during an argument at her home last year mayweather was also ordered to pay a two and a half thousand dollar fine and 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 between scariest and threatening to assert children. basketball now tesco moscow have completed the year early regular season unbeaten for the second time the army men were the first club to complete the feat six years ago and their ninety one points to eighty three win over any car in spain again gave the muscovite side ten wins from ten think will be this got scored within seconds of a tip off and that set the tone for the game which they dominated the last they lost which chipping in with eighteen points for the visitors the army men were

already guaranteed a place in the last sixteen but they were determined to keep up their unbeaten run and would be the side to beat going into the next round. but i'll swear fellow russians i do next because and also finished off their regular season in style lie day helping them to a seventy three seventy six sixty three when you know it's really our only want to fight implode spotted. me and finish bottom of the table this is the new side ended up with the worst win loss ratio in the u.a.e. this season with just one victory and nine defeats. to isolate the now and new boys you could i have posted their sixth great victory in the k h l after coming from behind to into one of spartak moscow the siberian team reached the playoffs in their first season last year and they hope to go one better this campaign and on course for fords. 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 glowing its

way into russia's elite and its ricky cage show year the team which was certainly lacking in star power still managed to end the regular season in central place and put it fine for the playoffs and first exempt though you grow was no doubt in conference where finals in twenty ten hunger for postseason action is evidently as strong as ever. but we have a funny toast need squalled which is vital for a team without any so-called star parents and it was improved last year when the rockies and made it into the canto playoffs was disappointing slow start decides over various reasons went back on track to be fighting for postseason qualification again in their latest match you draw managed to come from behind and defeat sportstalk moscow to record their six successive victory said berens now sits in the middle of the cage while 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 for for us danny group is you draw us 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 games also i mean were 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 your passion and character. ramon cossar of our city. moscow. and finally only a select few are immortalized in bronze while they're still alive and australian

cricket legend shane warne has just joined that elite one of the greatest bowlers of all time was present in the flesh eating a statute on the parade of challenges wash in melbourne cricket ground on is the former record holder for most week it's taken by about it and international test cricket with an impressive tally of seven hundred eight and forty think he still takes the pitch though just in a domestically war is i think the eleventh australian sports one tweeter so it was such an honor i was flattered by the result. looks fantastic it's very very good so i was very proud it's a great on ice was sort of weird seeing yourself up there but it's a very good likeness and very proud of it. but it was for a couple of hours by fanatic. witnesses. to history in the making of. testimony.

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