Anglo-German political row's new peak as Brown branded 'complete failure'

Telegraph:
"The row between Britain and Germany over the handling of the current economic crisis has reached a new peak, with a German politican calling Labour's policies "a complete failure". The comments were made by Christian Democrat Steffen Kampeter after Prime Minister Gordon Brown tried to pass off earlier criticism by finance minister Peer Steinbruck as a matter of internal German politics.Mr Kampeter, who is the budget spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said: "Peer Steinbruck's comments have nothing whatsoever to do with internal German politics."In questioning the British government's approach, Peet Steinbruck is exactly expressing the views of the German Grand Coalition."