Computer modelling by the Met Office, though, gives odds-on chances of the lull being broken.
So long as the President of Argentina doesn't invade the Falklands, they must be odds-on to lose the next election - provided Labour gets this right.
If this work hasn't happened, extensively and at levels that carry the necessary political clout to execute the plans when the default happens, the euro is odds-on to fail.
The South Americans look odds-on to qualify as group winners, but the race for second place is wide open, with Otto Rehhagel's side hoping to PIP Korea Republic to the prize.
