Greek Election Favors Pro-Bailout Party - nytimes.com

ATHENS — Greek voters narrowly favored a pro-bailout party in parliamentary elections on Sunday, a result that is likely to calm world markets and ease fears that the country will leave the euro zone [...]

www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/world/europe/greek-elections.html

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It’d be interesting to hear from our ambassador to Greece; Mr oioioi

It smacked a little of "Better The Devil You Know" to me. Faced with really breaking free and going it alone again, it probably seemed too daunting a task - and, so, that we were all once out there under our "own rule" is becoming a fact forgotten.

Like battery hens being let out of the cage: hate the cage, but out of it is just too risky.

Apparently, Washington was very quick to phone through congratulations and supportive messages and if anything is going to flag up that a wrong choice has been made, it's that.

Daft sods is all I can say really

It's the inevitable outcome since it's happened everywhere else. This bank bailout thing is surely going to be one of the biggest swindells in history.

Indeed except i'd say it may already be so. The 50 aint got back to me about that yet

Anarchists set fire to a ballot box in Exarchia, unfortunately the idea didn't spread to all ballot boxes.

/evil grin