BRITISH politicos are flocking to Greece, hoping to find inspiration from a predicted Syriza victory, writes Joana Ramiro in Athens.

Tania Sauma told the Star: “We came because we think is is going to be a historical moment and we want to be part of that historical change.”

The Manchester student added that she hoped to be “inspired” by the Greek labour movement.

“She wanted to see that there is an alternative to austerity and that people can actually vote for that.”

Scottish housing campaigner Mike Williamson echoed the sentiment, saying that he was very excited about the elections.

“In the bourgeois press you hear an awful lot about what is happening in Greece and I wanted to come down myself and find out what is actually happening,” he said.

They are not the only foreign delegation in Greece either — Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian activists have all come to show solidarity.

Syriza is widely expected to win Greece’s elections on a confused anti-austerity platform.