Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

Greek tax-dodgers, Irish horse dealers and Chinese art cheats: please skip this column

issue 26 January 2013

It’s only fair to warn you — especially if you’re Greek, Irish or Chinese — that this week’s column contains negative stereotyping. I’ll leave the transsexuals to Rod Liddle, but I’m still bracing for the  Twitter storm.

My propensity to commit this category of thought crime was first pointed out to me by Giorgos Papaconstantinou, the socialist former finance minister of Greece.

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