DANIEL HANNAN: What’s the Eurocrats’ real fear? Greece quits and thrives.

Meanwhile, Jim Bennett emails: “Just thinking…if I were the newly-elected leader of Greece, and I were considering taking Greece out of the Euro, I would be talking exactly like Tsirpas. That is to say, I would be categorically denying that I was even considering doing such a thing. First, because I would try taking a run at the European leaders and see whether I could get forgiveness on the debts (fat chance), and second, because if you switch currencies you want to give absolutely no advance warning of it, to prevent bank runs and capital flights. You do it Friday evening after bank closing time, and after the capital control decrees have been drafted and are ready to implement.”