So here we are. Back again to the question of the EU’s perception of democracy. When I was young my father used to tell us this story of his father. My grandfather was a military gentleman, an officer in the Navy, but also secretly a journalist on the side. He used to write columns in the newspaper under the pen name “The Stinging Nettle”, and his views were accordingly stringent.

Now my grandfather used to announce to the family that: “In this household all decisions will be taken democratically.” And he would look around at the eager faces before adding: “Provided you all agree with me.” Of course this was the result of a sense of himour in his case.

Unfortunately the EU has shown time and time again, that this is precisely its idea of democracy, without any sense of humour. They take all the decisions and the people are called upon to rubber stamp them. And Devil take them if they don’t!

Here in Greece, only a very short while ago, after the miserable bond swap and the signing of Greece’s IMF/EU dictated death warrant by our so called government, everybody was very up beat, assuring us that we were no longer in danger of being summarily flung out of the Eurozone. Everything had been fixed and now we could look forward to….. Well no, not propserity. Heaven forbid! But more of the same debilitating recession and rising unemployment.

Nevertheless, we were assured that this was the necessary price for staying in the Euro! Which had now been assured. However, yesterday, in the run up to our general election the threat has been pulled out of the bag again. The Governor of the Bank of Greece in presenting his yearly review, took out all the stops and went ballistically political. After painting the blackest of black pictures he gave dire warning, again, that if we don’t continue with this ruinous policy we will be kicked out of the Euro!

So what happened to last fortnight’s assurances? And what has changed? Well, in so far as polls are to be believed, the election will not go well for the Eurodictators. Not that a government servile to them will not be formed. It will.  But it will by a weak and shaky one in an explosive environment. So we better start bullying them and terrorising them again, just to make sure.

Ireland goes to the polls on May 31st to ratify The Frau’s still born baby, the fiscal suicide pact. Now Ireland has seen this in practice before. If they vote NO, they know that they will be required to hold another referendum, then another until, through attrition and weariness they finally vote YES. That is the European Union’s idea of democracy. At least my grand father had a sense of humour!

So to keep on the safe side, the Irish are now being subjected to the same terrorization tactics as we are here in Greece. The following video shows that they at least do have a sense of humour. And as Umberto Ecco showed us in The Name of The Rose, the greatest weapon against this kind of authoritarian despotism is laughter.

Lets all have a giggle with this one.