Europe 26 January 2015 The new Greek Prime Minister's first tweet after winning the election was to Hugh Laurie "Thank you Dr". Alexis Tsipras cheers at exit poll results in Athens. Photo: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images Sign UpGet the New Statesman\'s Morning Call email. Sign-up Leaders across the globe have rushed to comment on the news that Syriza has won a historic victory in the Greek elections this weekend. In his first and only tweet since winning, at the time of writing, party leader Alexis Tsipras found only one of these online voices worthy of response. But who? Merkel? Cameron? Obama? No, it was of course comedian and House star Hugh Laurie, who (sort of) congratulated Tsipras last night. @hughlaurie Thank you Dr. — a.tsipras (@atsipras) January 25, 2015 On a day full of unanswered questions, it remains unclear as to whether Greece's new PM is a fan of the reality series Storage Wars. › Are we any closer to a deal on the televised leaders' debates? I'm a mole, innit.
