just thinking of the time when peter mandel - failed project.e country from his blackberry. the guardian does have another story. british embassy guards ineligible for uk help. this is a quote about 125 guards who were guarding the british embassy who are in and eligible for help because they were higher through an outsourced contractor. i think this is going to be the start of perhaps a common theme here where technicality means we absolve ourselves of responsibility for people who have served and helped. in this case, just over 100 people. maybe there will be a u—turn, but i it feels like it's something... it means we actually don't have anything to do with you. that's going to leave a slight bitter taste. i think the suggestion we can't help people is one that i struggle to understand, one that seems scarcely human. i think if people are looking to get out of afghanistan, let alone if they felt the uk in any way, as these people did, but if people are looking to get out of afghanistan, i don't understand why we need to be so restrictive. we'v