Can I have some of what he is drinking?

Today we have had confirmed that the Lincolnshire blast which killed 5 was indeed a illegal booze factory going off. We are lead to believe that the factory was being run by Poles.

In the light of that I wonder if Jerzy Buzek has been testing their wares after his comments in Ireland this week.

"Ireland's success has been an inspiration to the countries which joined the EU in 2004 and 2007," EP President Jerzy Buzek said Tuesday in a speech to the Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Irish Parliament.

Eh? Hasn't he read the news recently.

"Poland and Ireland share a similar history - of occupation, of immigration, of poverty, of striving for freedom and...of transformation, of economic success and of shared European aspirations."

The key lesson from Ireland for Poland must surely be...

Take the money, don't join the Euro.