(I just love the Celtic Rangers comparison.)

It looks as if the incompetence and cock-ups have been at many levels from Town through State to Federal Government. I can't take serious those who try to lay the blame to one particular person or institution and question the motives of those not agreeing with them.

That happens all the time in Germany as well. If there is a flood and the local government is different from the federal (as so often) they each blame the respective others. If both are from the same party they blame the weather. It's natural for politicians, but why should we try to argue like politicians here. We shouldn't sink so low.

Wolfgang