"Greece saved from plague...", says Ioannis Latrides, Mayor of Faliraki, "Mercifully our clientele this Summer is a wonderful mix of peoples from all over Europe...far fewer Britons, which means no rapes, no accidents, no drunken debauchery, no going on the rampage. I'm so relieved..." I can hear it, Ioannis, but think of us who have to live cheek by jowl with these people.

Surely, Churchill did n't have this in mind when he dramatically uttered: "...whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..." He can't have been that far-sighted.