Latest Joke.

Yes, this is two jokes in one.
The first joke, the 'outbreak' of avian flu.
The second joke-well a whole sketch really- the present government and its secret policy.

This snippet was leaked in the Sunday Telegraph and appeared on the front page.
"Should the situation escalate, we may come under pressure to appear to" do something for British nationals.
It would appear that embassy staff would be helped but not the natives of the UK(which policy would not be released to the media).

Frankly, I suppose that this is a typical policy regarding British citizens in foreign countries, and there should be no implication that this is a domestic policy. Not that this would be any better.
But the whole concept of being concerned with image rather than content, deliberately keeping policy secret to protect their own sorry asses, is embarrassing it is so pathetic.

They state quite openly and coldly, as this is for internal consumption, that they have supplies of the vaccine in already for their apparachniks, but none for the people they claim to serve.

So now we know.
If we didn't already.