Brit Business Secretary: Congressional Republicans Are 'Right Wing Nutters' Who Threaten Financial Meltdown

From the Daily Mail:

In an extraordinary outburst, the Business Secretary accused Republican politicians in the U.S. of sabotaging recovery by opposing tax rises to help cut America’s budget deficit.

Mr Cable told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show: ‘The irony of the situation at the moment is that the biggest threat to the world financial system comes from a few Right-wing nutters in the American Congress rather than the Eurozone.’

The full story is here.