Unsinkable

Like certain others one could mention, the head of the criminal enterprise P&O Ferries continues to squat securely in post while collecting slightly more than the minimum wage. In searching for an example to follow, Peter Hebblethwaite may possibly have considered Imran Ahmad Khan, a criminal who has refused to resign. Then again, Hebblethwaite may have lighted upon Fishy Rishi, also a criminal who has refused to resign; or he may have been thinking of the National Johnson himself, also a criminal who has refused to resign. Despite such luminous moral guidance, the grinning wideboy at the Ministry for Motoring proclaimed Hebblethwaite's position "completely unsustainable" while admitting that no legal penalties are likely to be imposed. Meanwhile, the secretary of state has somehow failed to induce Hebblethwaite's resignation by sheer force of personality; while the company has resumed its Channel crossings with the aptly-named Spirit of Britain.