If you restructure the post as a draft negotiating strategy for Ireland highlighting strengths and weaknesses - possible alliances and points made by others we can build on - it would make a valuable contribution to the debate as basically Fianna Fail are saying the overall deal is non-negotiable and are accusing the opposition of living in fantasyland if they think we can change the terms..

Our Euro experts here could also describe the process - do we work through Council or Parliament, and what role does Patrick Honahan - our central bank Governor play?

The point we need to address is this:  Most ordinary people think that a contract, once signed, is binding - and are not aware of the degree to which it is utterly routine in the world of high finance for debts to be restructured.

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