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Bruv
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Anti-austerity left-wing party Syriza is heading for a substantial victory in Greece's general election.

The party is projected to win about 150 seats, just one short of an absolute majority, though officials say that number could change.

A European swing to the Left........now thats refreshing.
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So they won. Markets here slipped a little this morning but recovered. the discussion on the local radio is about how they partied while the rest of the EU was tightening their bootstraps and they are wondering if Greece with exit the EU now.
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No big deal, they have been elected on the high hopes of promises that can't be kept.

They will be told what to do soon enough by those who are really in charge of everything and they will obey the masters.
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Interesting choice of coalition partners though - the well left with the far right!
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mikeinie;1472843 wrote: No big deal, they have been elected on the high hopes of promises that can't be kept.

They will be told what to do soon enough by those who are really in charge of everything and they will obey the masters.
The question is, though, what have they got to lose?
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mikeinie;1472843 wrote: No big deal, they have been elected on the high hopes of promises that can't be kept.

They will be told what to do soon enough by those who are really in charge of everything and they will obey the masters.


No they're shitting themselves that other countries also elect anti-austerity parties and if the greeks are successful that is all the more likely. The british election is likely to be rather interesting.
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