Tattie-heids

The Irish government have introduced a radical new plan to guarantee bank deposits up to 200 thousand euro.

The British government are not happy about this accusing the Irish of economic nationalism and, worse, simply not being British. 

This led to frantic phone calls from the British chancellor, Alistair Darling, to his Irish counterpart, Brian Lenahan.

Like this one I intercepted last night:

Brian, you can't do this, it's ... it's ... it's just not fair...

Darling, we have to do something, it's just not working out...

But, look, Gordon asked me to call he's really, really quite cross...

Darling, I wish it had worked out differently

Bloody, bloody ... bog-trotting ... tattie-heids!

I'm so sorry, Darling.