Kwasi Kwarteng is Conservative MP for Spelthorne and member of the Free Enterprise Group. The Free Enterprise Group will publish Plan E – Preparing For Eurogeddon this week.
Greece's economic turmoil – and the global guessing game about whether it will crash out of the euro – reminds me of the story of the prisoner who spent years in jail wondering how to free himself.
He dreamt up schemes of escape, but never had the courage to put them into practice. One day, he decided to try the door.
He pushed it. It was open, and he simply walked out.
The euro currency was conceived purely for political reasons. The elite of Europe wanted monetary union to further their dream of a European superstate. The economics never made sense.
Now the Greek people are on the verge of electing 37-year-old Alexis Tsipras, who has been in parliament for only three years.
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