Dimitri13

Thanks Henk for the double

I came here expecting birds of a non aviary kind

Very misleading title :lol:

Anyone seen this today? http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/turkey-shoots-warplane-syria-border-151124081519290.html

Where did you read this, can you post links please ~~~ thank you

Why did we ever let N'Doye leave, it does my head in

Some more humour http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/greeks-apologise-with-huge-horse-2012051527146

Just to clarify, the austerity suggested by the Troika will only result in the economy to shrink further, so how in the world will Greece be able to pay the debt in 6 months times with a smaller economy than the one it currently has today.

Athinaios the scenario you pose is due to the governments of PASOK and ND, I dont understand what it has to do with the current government. You don't understand, Tsipras and Varoufakis have repeatedly told the Troika that they want to pay back the debts however Greece is physically unable too do so as the debt is now unserviceable and unless relief is given it wont be. It is in the Troikas interests to provide debt relief similar to what Germany received after WW2 to help them rebuild.

The current proposals from the Troika were not sustainable so what alternative are you proposing all you are doing is criticising the current government for having a left wing agenda at least they are trying to do something different than what the previous governments have been doing and failing for the last 7 years

Jim Adams, are you blaming the current government for the mess Greece is in? They have been in power for less than 5 months....

I can't believe the amount of hate that Tsipras has been receiving from people on these forums, the reality is that Greece cannot continue with the current austerity measures offered by the creditors it clear that in 5 months time we will be in a much worst situation than the one we are in now. The call for the referendum was 100% justified you need to remember that he was only voted in with 40% of the total countries votes and doesn't have the authority to revert to the Drachma without a referendum.

Iceland is a country with the population of Patra (the city) and 60% of its economy is fishing

A majority of voters should be more than 50% Technically speaking by what you said above Party A below would constitute a majority: Party A - 26% of total votes Party B - 25% of total votes Party C -25% of total votes Part D - 24% of total votes For what its worth nothing of what you and I just posted has anything to do with how a government is formed. I don't know how Gerrymandering works in Greece (I don't know enough about the Greek political election process in general) Fun educational video to watch on Gerrymandering -

aek66 I believe Tsipras was voted in with 38%-40% of the population backing them that's just a bit more than 1/3rd of the country. I might be wrong on the statistic so correct me if I am wrong.