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I agree with you that Tsipras' negotiating technique has been extremely odd, and leaves a lot to be desired. However at some point he was always going to have to cave in, because actually exit from the Eurozone (well, the bank run that precipitated it) would be worse. Today, the banks would have...

They've got very little that they didn't have under the second bailout - a vague confirmation that they'll "look" at restructuring the debt after the first successful review of the third bailout programme. Even that won't take the form of a headline write-off, because the Germans have decided...

I really don't understand your perspective on this, particularly given how contrary it runs to your normal political views. Are you on some kind of long play wind-up? Or does Schäuble have some dirty pictures of you that he's threatening to release to the press unless you tow the German line...

It's a complete mess. I hope that history is harsh on Merkel, Sarkozy, Lagarde etc. who created this crisis. Europe's political leaders have shown a breath-taking lack of historical awareness in blaming Syriza for destroying negotiations but not acknowledging the role that a huge recession...

Have you seen the news from Greece recently? Can you point out exactly where this 'party' is? I'm sure the 26% of the active population that are unemployed would like to know, including the 58% of people under 25. I think you're being far too simplistic. There most definitely are are problems...

I agree with this. The Troika now have reaped what they have sown. It was clear that the Greek population were not going to put up with such a massive cut in their living standards indefinitely. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the initial situation (and I don't agree with those that...