Belgium – home of: Hercule Poirot, Tin Tin, 2,600 chocolatiers (UK has 80), Charlemagne (founder of the Holy Roman Empire), Magritte, Jean-Claude van Damme, Eddy Merckx (5x winner Tour de France), Gerardus Mercator (think maps) to name but a few – not bad for a country onl

Mixed metaphors can be fascinating and for some reason the one above has stuck in my mind years after I came across it in a spy novel. (A bottle of wine for the clever fellow who reminds me of it.) It seems quite apt for the economic mess we are in, and to quote one City editor, there