Euro advice for the birds

As the markets took a bit of a dive last Monday after Gordon Brown's comments on EMU coincided with the new order-driven trading…

As the markets took a bit of a dive last Monday after Gordon Brown's comments on EMU coincided with the new order-driven trading system in London and the tenth anniversary of Black Monday, there was a rumour the Chancellor had hired Rod Hull as an adviser. Why Hull? Seems he's the only person in the British government who'd know anything about Emu. Ho ho!

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