Of Trojan thoroughbreds

"2010 will be an eventful year in Europe, with a large variation in stories to tell. There's no way none of the sickly economies inside the EU and/or on its fringes is going to come too close to failure for comfort. One would almost think there’s a competition on. From Latvia, Lithuania (dare we include Ukraine?) south through Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and north again to Ireland and don’t let's forget Britain, which no longer has a position on any too big to fail list but its own."