2022-09-23
Yanis Varoufakis, one time Greek Finance Minister, author, economist, philosopher, and improbable politician working tirelessly for truth and the people (and virtually an honorary Englishman thereby, and also by spending some formative years in Mrs Thatcher's Britain) brings us up to date with some unhappy undemocratic unaccountability issues at the highest level in the politics of his native land.
Many enter politics for power, but Yanis entered politics for the people. He is a all-too-rare breed, and in my view his books are highly to be recommended.
His latest article in Unherd recounts the murky political goings on in the pursuit of power in Greece.
Why should such events in far-away holiday destinations matter to us in the UK?
We might also ask why events in even-further-away and less familiar Ukraine should matter to us.
Although Yanis doesn't mention the Ukraine, he somewhat dryly points out that a number of unhappy events for the West have had their harbingers in beautiful Greece.
Perhaps we should pay attention.
