british – Moe Lane

English, French deal with organized attempt to storm the Chunnel.

(Via Instapundit) So, yeah, a British finger was probably hovering over the button that sets off the explosive charges in the Chunnel because of this one:

Invading migrants who stormed the Channel Tunnel in a desperate bid to break into Britain by force managed to get ten miles before they were caught, it has emerged.

A group of around 110 migrants, thought to be from Sudan and Eritrea, broke down security fences, pelted police with stones then made a dash for the tunnel in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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More on the UK election mess. #rsrh

Nick Robinson (H/T Below the Beltway) of the BBC examines the various coalition scenarios in the wake of what is generally conceded by all to be an unsatisfying UK election results. His conclusion? There’s no stable coalition, and the least-unstable option is a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition.

…which I guess means a push for proportional representation in voting results, which means that fringe parties could be more likely to get seats in Parliament – thus exacerbating the problem*. Personally, I think that we’re going to keep our supposedly creaky two-party system, thanks. At least I know who the heck is going to be running the country the day after an election.

Moe Lane

*This is disputed: see here and here for the arguments.