Now that's just cheeky...

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Being friends doesn't mean never criticising. We've always criticised each other. Sometimes in the strongest terms.

DanaC: Toad, you're immensely fat, do you know that? It's disgusting. Most sensible people would have addressed that.
UT: I know. I have a problem. Please help me, I know your son has a big freezer, can he just take all the food out of my freezer?
DanaC: What? Hell no, then *he* might get fat!

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

DanaC: Toad, you're immensely fat, do you know that? It's disgusting. Most sensible people would have addressed that.
UT: I know. I have a problem. Please help me, I know your son has a big freezer, can he just take all the food out of my freezer?
DanaC: What? Hell no, then *he* might get fat!

Except a more accurate analogy might run with something like this:

UT: "Yeah...so I know your mom told you not to put anything in that freezer without her express permission, but here, kid, take the lot and fill the freezer up and I won't tell your mom."

DanaC: "So...wtf, UT? You goin behind my back and doing deals about shit and not even telling me?"

UT: "Well...yeah...but hey, I did to protect you."




Most of the British government's anger has been directed at Bermuda; who had no constitutional right to make deals of this nature. This was not a normal and ordinary day-to-day matter of immigration. This was a matter of delicate international relations. They have overstepped their mandated authority. Where the USA acted improperly, in my view, was in doing this with intentional secrecy. They deliberately did not inform Britain of a delicate matter involving one of her overseas territories, until the deal had been struck and the men put onto the plane. However you put it, it is a serious slap in the face. It is an outright denial of British sovereignty and the fact it was done 'to protect' us does not change that fact.