Re: Recommended to read: "Adults in the Room" Archived Message
Posted by John Monro on November 26, 2022, 12:58 am, in reply to "Re: He dropped out but to do that he had to have joined in"
His book "Adults in theRoom" is his version of events Greece vs Europe (and its banks) I believe his version - as a political neophyte, he had not had time to learn how to dissemble. He had to undergo media criticism in a similar, though clearly not quite as nasty, way to Assange because he became an all too effective counter to the prevailing economic orthodoxy - for instance the Troika would leak details of their meetings to his disadvantage, when this was supposed to be confidential - fortunately he took contemporaneous notes as the meetings were never minuted. . One of the criticisms directed at him, unfairly, for instance by Mercouris, is that he had no back up, plan B, if he, Syriza, carried out his (implied) threat to leave the Euro. That's not true, he explains very well his plans for a Greek currency, a new Drachma, presumably, in his book - they didn't even have printing presses in Greece to print an alternative currency to the Euro so he had to invent some quite complicated work-arounds. In the event, Tsirpas's capitulation rendered his plans redundant. If you haven't read his book, I'd strongly recommend it. It's very well written, and it's actually a real page turner in its political excitement and unbelievable shenanigans. It also explains his infamous leather coat. Ultimately he was failed by his friend, Alexis Tsipras, and his government, actually the better word is betrayed, along with the Greek people.
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