Oh those Germans

I blogged recently about the UK tax authorities paying an informer for the names of British citizens who had bank accounts in Liechtenstein. Today I read that the former head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has urged that Liechtenstein should comply with German orders or face "annexation", meanwhile Angela Merkel says that "the clock is ticking". You can read more in this letter from Nikolai Tolstoy in today's Telegraph.