I am not celebrating plutocracy over democracy at all.

Because Syriza won their election with "looney election promises" does not make this particular bit of democracy more important than all the other Euro zone democratic states who insist on Greece sticking to the unanimously agreed terms of the huge bailouts which rescued Greece from disaster. Why should the taxpayers of all these countries write off the debt of the non taxpayers of Greece?

The Irish government has fulfilled the demands of the bailout lenders with admirable effect and now have returned to economic growth and they insist that Greece should be shown no special treatment. The former communist PM of Slovakia said last week "This is a red line for us. It would be impossible to explain to the public that poor Slovakia... should compensate Greece" Germany and the other countries do not represent a conspiracy of greedy lenders but in fact the taxpayers of the Eurozone which democratically is vastly more significant than the 36% of Greeks who bought the "looney election promises" of Syriza.

I see one of the economic comedians has returned.

Still waiting for answers to legitimate questions, but hey, the humour can ease the wait.

Give him time, he's got to log back in to the right account first.

Nothing wrong with keeping the rugby hat separate from the political one.

So no comments on the U turn of the lefty leadership in Greece then?

So, can we roll back to CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that the Greek people (or the 95% outside of the top earnings bracket) have borrowed significantly more than the average European (or the 95% outside of the top earnings bracket)?

Oh, and throw in CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that the Greek people (or the 95% outside of the top earnings bracket) are more corrupt than the average European (or the 95% outside of the top earnings bracket).

Just so we can be sure, ya know.

Anyone?