Hardheaded.

You're still the hardheaded Scot, aren't you?

You're both hardheaded businesswomen and you're both successful.

You're a hardheaded, softhearted woman, Miss Clara... and I like you a lot.

So a hardheaded, credible, and, above all, impartial analysis, which would provide a much needed dose of pragmatism and realism to the debate, is long overdue.

It will stop spreading only when Germany constructs a firm and credible firewall, presumably around Spanish and Italian central government debt. This is exactly the kind of hardheaded solution that one would see in a truly integrated currency area.