France Hostages

[fender62]

let's hope it ends without loss of life
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5535755/Shooting-hostage-taking-supermarket-south-France.html

[anotheoldgit]

"Something must be done".

Perhaps they are frightened to do anything, because in this case it would not end with a few riots on the streets, a few cars set on fire, and a few tellys looted as with other cultures.

But Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' prediction coming true.

[Peter Pedant]

// Why should they continue to enjoy France's hospitality? // - [ so deport them]

a lot are French nationals as a result of the glorious French Empire - the North African colonies were made part of metropolitan France.

Dual nationalities - I am not sure if depriving them of one ( french) which is lawful under international law and then deporting them back to their other one would stand up to scrutiny from the ECJ.

and is this REALLY an English column saying something must be done about an incident in S W France ? I thought it was more about honouring someone who gave up his life so that others could live.

[2005 - the British Transport Police ran away and the firemen refused / failed to go into the tunnels - the Hallett report makes really depressing reading]