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Thread #109920   Message #2412400
Posted By: Backwoodsman
13-Aug-08 - 08:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: British Summer Time again
Subject: RE: BS: British Summer Time again
"Badly behaved Brits abroad are being arrested in their droves, figures show."

and:-

"Between April 2006 and March 2007 2,032 Britons were arrested in Spain,"

Isn't it strange that 'GUEST Kirby' forgot to include the next section from the BBC article he cut and pasted from - the bit where the above figures are put into context?

17 MILLION British people visit Spain annually, according to the article. That means that the number arrested is 0.0119% of the total number who visit Spain annually or, put another way, one Brit in 8,366 gets arrested. Hardly 'in their droves' is it?

Hysterical drama-queen crap, Kirby.