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Angela Merkel

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neilh 12 Feb 2015

She is some politician... fluent Russian etc I reckon the Greeks have slightly mistimed things with what is going on in Ukraine.

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gethin_allen 12 Feb 2015

In reply to neilh:
No matter what you think of politicians you're got going to get a fool running one of the world's most powerful economies.

tony 12 Feb 2015

In reply to gethin_allen:

I give you George Bush ...
Come to think of it, Cameron and Berlusconi ...

Andy Say 12 Feb 2015

In reply to neilh:
Foxy chick or what!

And that person who represents the IMF, Christine Lagarde?

Well she certainly outfoxes Merkel. And she's younger than me as well.....

There really are some sexy Eurocrats out there.

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Andy Say 12 Feb 2015

In reply to gethin_allen:

'No matter what you think of politicians you're got going to get a fool running one of the world's most powerful economies.'

Not sure I follow that sentence. Did you mean 'not'?

Jon Stewart 12 Feb 2015

In reply to andyathome:

> Foxy chick or what!

But sounds like a frightful queer on the wireless...

Andy Say 12 Feb 2015

In reply to Jon Stewart:

> But sounds like a frightful queer on the wireless...

Confused. When you say 'queer' do you mean homosexual or lesbian?

And my perception in Germany is that they all think of her as 'mummy', so she gets re-elected.

Andy Say 12 Feb 2015

In reply to neilh:

I'll raise you

That Christine Lagarde of the IMF...what a woman!

Wow. And she's younger than me.

gethin_allen 12 Feb 2015

In reply to andyathome:

> 'No matter what you think of politicians you're got going to get a fool running one of the world's most powerful economies.'

> Not sure I follow that sentence. Did you mean 'not'?

I did, these people sometimes look like fools but they are often very highly educated people.

OP neilh 13 Feb 2015

In reply to andyathome:

I think she is/was married to a Brit ( Welsh guy) so there is hope for us.

Rob Naylor 13 Feb 2015

In reply to neilh:

> She is some politician... fluent Russian etc

Hardly surprising considering she grew up in the old DDR and was required to study Russian at school until the age of 18. If she'd grown up in West Germany I suspect her English would have been fluent and her Russian non-existent.