HEADLINE of the week comes from the Times, with the quite terrifying "Pirates can claim UK asylum."
Visions of cutlass waving rogues demanding council houses come to mind after the Royal Navy told the Foreign Office that detaining the scurvy knaves may be a breach of their human rights.
Of course, when they're asked by immigration why they're heading for our shores, we all know what the answer will be.
"They just arrrr".
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