Putting an asset speculator at the head of a traditionally leftist party always seemed like a strange idea, and the rapidly deteriorating political fortunes of Stefanos Kasselakis appear to prove it.
Two months ago, the former ship investor and Goldman Sachs trader seemed on the brink of a political revolution, coming out of nowhere to wrest the leadership of Greece’s main opposition Syriza party in a nationwide rank-and-file vote.
