The UK surrenders

From The Washington Post:

LONDON, April 2 -- Iranian officials said Monday that all 15 British sailors and marines arrested March 23 have admitted to illegally entering Iranian waters, but the officials said they would not broadcast any further "confessions" on Iranian television due to positive "changes" in British attitude.

It was unclear what changes Iranian officials were referring to, but after a flurry of behind-the-scenes diplomatic discussions and an official exchange of letters, British officials noticeably toned down their rhetoric Monday over the seizure of the crew.

Western diplomats working on resolving the dispute have been focusing on getting Britain to publicly state that it will review its patrols of waters between Iran and Iraq and never breach Iranian boundaries in the future, several diplomats said. British officials say they will not apologize and insist that their marines and sailors were in Iraqi waters under a U.N. mandate and were seized in violation of international law.

I post something about how the UK has degenerated past the point where it could possibly be saved and they go and prove it for me.

And as though I needed any more conformation an ICM opinion poll for the Daily Telegraph shows that more Britons oppose military action to free the hostages (48%) even as a last resort than support a last resort military action (44%).

Why don't they make it official. Parliament should issue a decree that the Koran is now the supreme law of the United Kingdom and then turn Canterbury Cathedral into a mosque.