A cartoon by the brilliant Greek cartoonist today depicts the leaders of the three parties of the governing coalition pulling the Greek flag down at the Acropolis. Tomorrow is the anniversary of OXI day. The day the Greeks said NO to the axis powers and entered WWII.

Taking down the flag is emblematic. After the Germans had occupied Athens, two courageous young men pulled down the Nazi Swastika from the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis in the dead of night. This marked the first act of resistance to the enemy and had an immense moral impact.

The governing “troika” as they have been pejoratively dubbed, say they are taking down the flag of tyranny in this cartoon. What tyranny? After all this is the flag of the Greek nation. Their answer: the tyranny of the electorate.

Now, no one really believes the Greek political parties will do anything other than grovel at Schauble’s almighty feet. Nevertheless, there is a feeling of restlessness in Greece today. A feeling that the time is coming. A feeling that perhaps tyranny may be given a jab in the ribs at least. Before not too long.

Not the tyranny of the electorate, but the tyranny of all the arrogant and cruel troikas, both at home and abroad, who are so remote from reality they simply have no idea what they are doing. Not even in terms of the Economy which they are supposed to be fixing. Only they are not.

This song is a beautiful one, beautiful not in the sense of lyrical and romantic, though romantic it is of course, but beautiful in that it comes straight from the guts. There is a feeling we may well be singing it soon.