Thanks to reader Peter MacD for highlighting an article from AEP in today's Telegraph newspaper
He puts forward a theory, given the opinion poll results, that PM Tsipras genuinely didn't expect to win Sunday's referendum and therefore not prepared for continued battle with the EU
AEP writes
"Greek premier Alexis Tsipras never expected to win Sunday's referendum on EMU bail-out terms, let alone to preside over a blazing national revolt against foreign control.
He called the snap vote with the expectation - and intention - of losing it. The plan was to put up a good fight, accept honourable defeat, and hand over the keys of the Maximos Mansion, leaving it to others to implement the June 25 "ultimatum" and suffer the opprobrium"
Syriza called the referendum. To their consternation, they won, igniting the great Greek revolt of 2015, the moment when the people finally issued a primal scream, daubed their war paint, and formed the hoplite phalanx.
Mr Tsipras is now trapped by his success. "The referendum has its own dynamic. People will revolt if he comes back from Brussels with a shoddy compromise," said Costas Lapavitsas, a Syriza MP.
"Tsipras doesn't want to take the path of Grexit, but I think he realizes that this is now what lies straight ahead of him," he said."
Full article here
What do our Greek/any readers think ? Plausible?
Tsipras - Unintended referendum success?
