The Labor Government's economic iron curtain clanged down this week. According to the London Daily Mail, Britain had become a "concentration camp." Right up until Tuesday, boat trains and planes for the Continent were booked to capacity. Clutching the precious £35 that Britons were then permitted to spend abroad, the last "butterflies"* did their best to flit out from under the descending net.
But Wednesday was dismal for travelers and travel services alike. The train for the Folkestone-Boulogne service had only 59 passengers (the day before there had been 404); the Dover-Calais train left with 133 passengers compared with 377 the...
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