A botched facelift

Katerina Papacosta, a former conservative minister, recently attacked ruling SYRIZA during a speech in Parliament saying, "you are not serious, you are irresponsible, get over your leftist delusions." She sounded different on Friday. This time speaking as minister of a SYRIZA-led government and not as a member of the political opposition, Papacosta emphasized that political labels such as left-wing, right-wing and centrist were now "misleading." Papacosta added that as deputy minister of citizens' protection, she will work for Greece and all Greeks.

A similar comment came from the lips of Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas who said that, "the end of the bailout programs dictates that we do not necessarily have to disagree over the future with those with whom we disagreed over the past."

Groucho Marx famously said, "those are my principles, and if you don't like them…...