Polish PM tells Brown what he should have done!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5235897/Gordon-Brown-receives-a-lecture-from-Polish-Prime-Minister.html

Asked how his government had managed to avoid the mistakes made by the British, Mr Tusk said that it was not his role to comment on other nations' economies - and then proceeded to do just that.

He said: "The Polish government at a time of financial crisis has behaved with full responsibility in terms of its public finances and the budget deficit.

"After a few months, our government made the assumption that the method to deal with the financial crisis was not to increase expenditure but (to ensure) the availability of public finances."

He added that Poland's success was down to "efficient supervision of banks and sticking to the rules."

With Mr Brown beside him, the premier went on to say that his administration's approach was based on "not exaggerating with living on credit. These are the most certain ways of avoiding ... financial crisis."