Corbyn appears keen for new elections that would give the government a new mandate (and possibly put the veteran leftist in power).
A passionate opponent of austerity, Varoufakis has set the agenda for bailout talks since the radical leftists assumed power in January.
The leftists, in power with the small rightwing Independent Greeks party, have already seen their majority whittled down to a mere three in the 300-seat House.
The great wave of hope that had brought the radical leftists to power – on a promise to cancel austerity – has crashed on the rocks of renewed uncertainty over whether the country can stay the course of eurozone membership at all.
Fears were growing on Monday night of a fresh crisis in the eurozone after Greece failed to elect a head of state, triggering a snap election that is tipped to bring radical, anti-austerity leftists to power.
For the center-leftists in power in most of the rich world, with a political need to appear moral in their dealings, Putin is as difficult to cope with as China.
On the Hellenic left, it is axiomatic that Greece suffers from being a pawn in western strategic games which connived at military rule from 1967 to 1974.Greece quit NATO's military wing for six years in 1974 after Turkey overran northern Cyprus; in 1981 leftists took power, pledging to expel American bases and ultimately take Greece out of NATO.
It is not clear whether these new leftist secular powers are the same that have been around in the Arab world or if they are a reincarnation of liberal forces wishing to separate religion from politics.
That would trigger a general election, and potentially propel Syriza, a leftist party, to power.
