. >> mike westborrow says greece's decision to call a referendum is a smart move. >> european authoritiese not been bargaining in good faith from the beginning. that was clear you know ten days after syriza was elected. well you know within a week and a half of the election, is on february 4th the european central bank started to restrict credit in a ways that they didn't do to the previous government, and they had no reason to do that soarn to other than to undermine the government. they are fighting over pensions and something that shouldn't concern the european union central bank at all. they are in a situation where they have a nuclear weapon which is to scut off credit altogether and force greece out of the euro. they can't do that, but they can undermine directly to restrict credit so they will get a new government that will do what they are told. alexis tsipras still has two-thirds approval rating but if this goes on indefinitely and given the media is biased against the government eventually he would lose support. so it's better to have the confrontation now while he has the suppo