[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Carth

Oh come on Papa, that's just plain ridiculous. I know the price of petrol is (allegedly) on the way down, but it's still costly. I'd suggest half a gallon at most, which should be enough to get them within sight of the French coastguard . . . who will then supply them with 3 liters of petrol and point them our way.

This ping-pong would be an excellent idea. As you may recall. I'm in favour of an international incident whereby we simply push the boats back toward France. This needs to be brought to a head via a declaration of national emergency. The £4+ billion spent on this nonsense annually would go a long way (in the right hands) to reviving the economy.