Can you say Drachma?

Drachma of course is the old currency Greek citizens used to deal with. Could they be heading back to it soon? Maybe!

Mr. Orwell phone you office!

From the UK Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard penned this yesterday [our emphasis]:

“’Recent developments have, perhaps, increased the risk of secession (however modestly), as well as the urgency of addressing it as a possible scenario,’ said the document, entitled Withdrawal and expulsion from the EU and EMU: some reflections.