Nigel Farage, the head of Britain’s Independence Party, may well be the Jeremiah of Europe. Recent events in Greece and Spain have concentrated Europe’s mind wonderfully. Here he is last May issuing predictions and --much more importantly -- a carefully crafted analysis of what ails Europe. The analysis is important because historically whenever Europe in the past had the sniffles, America caught the cold.
go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you;
may your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!"
--Samuel Adams