The end of an era - fingers crossed

So Mr. Papandreou has resigned. Definitely the end of an era and no doubt many people are hoping that things will start to improve. This week we have had the C4 programme doing a somewhat biased comparison between the UK and Greece for workers and income. I suppose it isn't interesting television to say that most of the population work very hard, for far less money that comparable British workers, they have virtually no social security/unemployment safety net or supplementary benefit, and that many private sector workers, such as those employed in hotels, do not get paid on time, if at all - and no one helps them. As I say, that doesn't make for fun TV viewing does it?

There is no doubt that Greece's problems are deeply rooted in the past, with massive tax evasion and corruption (and many of the politicians shouting so loudly now against the Papandreou measures were in place whilst this was going on) and no government has seemed to be able to get to grips with it, but it is unjustified to put the blame on 'the Greeks' as a whole. Still, let us keep our fingers crossed and hope for better times.
Diana