After the heady brew of the Cameron veto, this week's political and economic hangover shows the cost of reckless and anti-social behaviour.
Of course the increasingly bitter cross-channel broadsides between London and Paris have their funny side – for example, we are expected to believe that Nick Clegg, who lacks the guts to turn up in the House of Commons, is capable of administering a stern telling off to the neighbours!
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