Our technocrat Prime Minister here in Greece is a very worthy and respectable gentleman. Unfortunately but perhaps inevitably he is coming in for a lot of flak.

Perhaps he unwittingly bit off more than he could chew. And indeed how could anyone work with such an unwieldly government of 50 or so ministers when Italy’s technocrat government has only about 15? Not to mention the fact that this so called ‘government’ is composed of three different feuding parties in the run up an election.

But I am afraid that the problem is even worse than that.

Quite simply, Mr. Papdemos is also trying vainly to push the once fat now emaciated lady through the keyhole.

And it STILL won’t work!