I love the “yah-boo, better than you” framing of this –  “but we still have a better credit rating than Italy and Portugal“. Look at us, we’re not Greece.

Or perhaps it’s more a case of “please sir, can I have some more?”

For reference:

“We are not rushing into the banks without knowing precisely what the position is in those banks.” – Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Nov 2008