Bristol City Centre yesterday
In a daring move, 20,000 Somali Pirates have invaded Bristol and demanded a ransom of £300 a week each, forever (including free houses and schools, medical care and benefits). This equates to £6 Million a week or £312 Million a year, far in excess of their largest heist so far, the hijacking of the Sirius Star and demands for a paltry $25 Million ransom .
Negotiations are being led by Kerry McCarthy (MP for Bristol East) who is keen to understand “cultural differences”. Kerry says on her blog:
“I have unlimited money available. God knows where it comes from but every time I spend it, the coffers just fill up again. I like diversity in Bristol, innit. This is proof that when people come to Britain from Somalia, they can really show ambition and drive”
Plans for the city of Bristol to be anchored off the Somali Coast whilst negotiations continue are well advanced and the welfare of the two UK citizens of Bristol amongst the 416,000 hostages is unknown. (Reuters)