Get ready for the return of Lisbon III

I DON’T see why the Government should express either embarrassment or shock at revelations that the German parliament is examining our budget.

Everyone knows our government no longer run this country despite a pretense of doing so.

There seems to be a culture both among the Government and state agencies of not regarding this as a sovereign state accountable to the electorate when it comes to dealing with “real” countries like the US and Germany.