Sorry have I missed something in this story? Iranian guards take prisoner fifteen sailors and Royal Marines. The latter are usually as hard as nails. And the Brits go meekly, submissively, into Iranian custody.
Why weren’t they authorised to use force to protect themselves? Why didn’t the ship they were from threaten to blow the revolutionary guard out of the water? Why aren’t we threatening a bombing raid on southern Iran? I can’t imagine the ‘merkins letting their guys be taken in the same way, can you? Shit, what’s the point of having nukes if we’re not dropping them somewhere? I mean, we’re renewing Trident, and its always best to use up your old stocks before buying in new (environmentally sound, one might say). Tehran’s a shit-hole anyway, could do with a clear out.
Fuck ‘not inflaming a tense situation’. You take our guys prisoner, you pay the price.
This has been Fox News, UK style. I say ‘bring back Lord Palmerston’.