Tabloid Tales
The tabloid press has sniffed the scent of sensational stories, and has begun to focus on Somali piracy.
Read this glorious tale of pirates unleashing terror on the high seas onto be “smashed by groups of British mercenaries”.
They state that anti-piracy firms are making a fortune by hiring out teams of £1,500-a-day “ex-military hard men” to protect ships from gun-toting pirates.