Volcano affected repatriation vote grabber

[james_tigerwoods]

Just had a quick scan and didn't see this posted, but this story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628878.stm

Made me shout at the radio this morning - yes, I know it's unfortunate, tragic and inconvenient that there are loads of people trapped abroad, but the story about the government, COBRA and Gordon Brown becoming involved in the repatriation of UK citizens being trapped abroad and using the Navy to help them seemed like a inopportune attempt at popularism and vote grabbing.

Or am I too cynical?

[james_tigerwoods]

Just seen a BBC headline:

BBC News said:

ASH CLOUD:Gordon Brown confirms Navy will help rescue stranded British people abroad

Great use of highly trained Navy personnel....

[james_tigerwoods]

scorp said:

james_tigerwoods said:

Just seen a BBC headline:

BBC News said:

ASH CLOUD:Gordon Brown confirms Navy will help rescue stranded British people abroad

Great use of highly trained Navy personnel....

What's so bad about it? They get a kind of evacuation scenario training ?

I'm just now sure how they Navy are going to bring home 100,000 people...

[james_tigerwoods]

And the headline will be:

Political Headline said:

We helped you all to get home, the opposition didn't