Briton launches crowdfunding campaign to pay off Greece debt

Thom Feeney offers postcards of Alexis Tsipras for a3 and has raised a250,000, as 'while politicians are dithering, the crisis is affecting real people'

As the Greek government and its creditors are locked in talks ahead of a deadline for the country to meet a 1.6bn debt repayment, an online crowdfunding campaign started by a London shoe shop worker is aiming to break the impasse by collecting a Greek bailout fund of his own.

Thom Feeney, 29, launched the campaign to raise the money, calling on all Europeans to "chip in a few euro" and end the standoff. As of Tuesday afternoon more than a250,000 (177,000) had been pledged from almost 15,000 people, or around 0.01% of the total amount. By Tuesday night it was edging towards half a million euro.