On today's BBC news the reader was quoting an item which highlighted the government's failure to reduce the daily number of immigrants.
In part she said "over 1000 immigrants crossed the channel today alone".
Yes, I knew exactly what was meant but my mind immediately threw up an image of 1000 small boats, each boat carrying a single immigrant.
In part she said "over 1000 immigrants crossed the channel today alone".
Yes, I knew exactly what was meant but my mind immediately threw up an image of 1000 small boats, each boat carrying a single immigrant.