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Friday, May 4, 2012

In your report (Falling living standards and rising crime see extremist parties gain ground, 2 May), you label the socialist left and the racist right in Greece with the same term
"extremist". This is an absurd slur. The three main left parties have 40% support in opinion polls (This Sunday could be the start of a European spring, 2 May) against less than 5% for the racist right, on the basis of defending jobs, incomes and public services against the claims of bankers and tax-avoiding business and the rich – entirely reasonable to Guardian readers. On the other hand, the two traditional ruling parties, Pasok and New Democracy, have engineered a 25-50%-plus cut in wages and pensions, 50% youth unemployment and the descent of the majority into poverty. How marvellously moderate, responsible and rational!
Jamie Gough
Sheffield