Greece has roundly rejected its old leaders and elected the radical leftwingers. What is their appeal?There is no single reason why people vote for a particular candidate in a particular country at a particular time. People assess the options from narrow, even selfish perspectives, and decide. To try to disentangle them is like trying to reverse-engineer a moussaka back to aubergines, potatoes and a live sheep.Democracy is public, but also profoundly personal. All I can do is tell you why I voted for Syriza, to give you my impression as an almost-Brit of what I have seen happen to my birth country. Continue reading...
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