On 19/10/11 18:51, Bruce wrote:

So any criticism of Greece, however soundly based, should be carefully
made, because Britain also has plenty of examples of where
ridiculously large amounts of money have been spent, yet little or
nothing has been achieved.

Amongst the most notorious of which must be the "flood protection"
schemes of the 90s on which a huge amount was spent but which when put
to the test proved woefully inadequate.

Ian