Germans turn the screw on Brown

The Independant
"Prime Minister stung by assault on Britain's reckless borrowing as sterling plunges to record low against euro"
"But Steffen Kampeter, the budget spokesman for Ms Merkel's Christian Democrats, said: "Peer Steinbrück's comments have nothing whatsoever to do with internal German politics as Prime Minister Brown has suggested."
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Germany has dispelled the myth of British-EU unity
"The Prime Minister and his Chancellor have so far been given an extraordinarily easy ride for what amounts to one of the most stunning policy U-turns in a generation – and one that now threatens a collapse of sterling. The way in which Mr Steinbrück's words leapt into the British headlines, however, shows that he struck a chord."