The Greeks are revolting!

SimonAH

Ugly scenes today.

If they can't push through the austerity measures then no bailout. Return of the drachma?

chilling

Or even better...

*adopts Mark Morrison pose


"Return of the Mark
Once again, return of the Mark
Top of the world, return of the Mark
Watch my flow, you know that I'll be back
Here I go"

Hoopdriver

Yes, aren't they...

Initialised

Hopefully they can follow Iceland's example and assume a path that doesn't saddle the populace with the debts of a handful of unscrupulous bankers. Scotland is likely to take this path when it gains independence.

nicklouse

Oh i have a few Drachma from years ago.

MaxwellBygraves

100,000 Greeks outside parliament demanding politicians leave:

jamesco

Initialised wrote:

Hopefully they can follow Iceland's example and assume a path that doesn't saddle the populace with the debts of a handful of unscrupulous bankers. Scotland is likely to take this path when it gains independence.

That ordinary people are suffering miserably is, of course, horrible, but Greeks would get more sympathy if they made some attempt to address tax-evasion. The trial of Costas Vaxevanis, who published a list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts is kafkaesque; the Greek treasury was handed the list 2 years ago, managed to 'lose' it and never got around to asking for another copy. Yet somehow Vaxevanis is the one being tried for bringing evasion to light?

I don't buy the equivalence between Iceland and Greece; Iceland's economy was wrecked by private bankers, that of Greece by the politicians the people elected in a system of bribery. Austerity is not the solution, but the Greeks have got to start healing themselves otherwise a bailout will be seen as throwing good money after bad. Getting rid of the neo-nazi thugs inside and outside parliament would be a start.

velohutts

hopefully they are not all spartans !

daviesee

Initialised wrote:

..........Scotland is likely to take this path when it gains independence.

You know the result of the vote?

FoldingJoe

MaxwellBygraves wrote:

100,000 Greeks outside parliament demanding politicians leave:

Sure that picture is taken from the hotel I stay in when visiting our client in Athens.

mudcow007

the french are pretty 'orrible aswell

t4tomo

FoldingJoe wrote:

MaxwellBygraves wrote:

100,000 Greeks outside parliament demanding politicians leave:

Sure that picture is taken from the hotel I stay in when visiting our client in Athens.

Good luck with getting their invoices paid

LeePaton

daviesee wrote:

Initialised wrote:

..........Scotland is likely to take this path when it gains independence.

You know the result of the vote?

Seriously hope not, Long live the union.

Greece is buggered. So corrupt is sickening, until they sort that it will remain that way.

The Rookie

I agree, we have a Greek at work, he loves his country but can't abide the laziness while tax evasion is seen as morally legitemate....

The austerity looks tough but it will still leave them with a budget deficit, but the medicine is much worse than the illness if they do default, after all they will then HAVE to balance their budget as no-one would lend them anything, it took Argentina over 10 years to recover from defaulting.

TheStone

In fairness to Germany, they're doing as much as they should.
"Look, here's some money to keep you going, but start sorting yourselves out"

The Greeks (and many Western countries) don't seem to have worked out where the problems are. They're trying to bring down their government, because they want a bigger one!