How Tsipras and Varoufakis turned Greek tragedy into Twitter triumph

The Greek PM and his finance minister have been live-tweeting the debt drama, but the eurozone is striking back in the social media onslaught

Politicians aren't particularly renowned for a strong game on social media. Whether it's falling for parody accounts, tweeting their own names, or, er, offering free owls for all, it's not often they get it right.

Enter the Greeks. Never before has a government embroiled in one of the biggest global economic crises been so good at tweeting. We hear President Coolidge, for instance, was always screwing up his mentions.