The world from my window

Everyone's talking about it. There are elections coming up on this island in a few weeks' time. You can tell, because the grass verges are being trimmed and the potholes are being filled. And there are posters everywhere. 'One prostitute is worth a hundred politics,' one Greek sage said to me last year. 'At least she is honest.' Understandably, in Greece these days, there is a great deal of cynicism about politicians in the birthplace of democracy. Men in sharp suits have been touring the village. 'Pah,' said a local. 'They take your money and put it in their pocket.' But to the politicians, elections are serious business. Although perhaps not. Having once been accused of sedition by a friend who claimed I'd defaced an election leaflet at his home, I am always on the lookout for inspired political posters. We had a faceless Tory once (just once? ) in South Somerset. And, back home, Sue Farrant (Lib-Dem) was turned in...