Leftwing Eurosceptics are wrong to use Greece as a reason to leave the EU | Hugo Dixon
by Hugo Dixon from on (#GC9E)
Making a case for Brexit based on events in Greece doesn't make sense unless you have a distorted view of Syriza's failures and the reasons for the crisis
Is the Greek crisis a reason for Britain to quit the European Union? Several Guardian columnists - Owen Jones, George Monbiot and Suzanne Moore - have argued that it is. But this is mistaken. Their conclusions are based on a distorted view of what is happening in Greece.
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