Stardate 20030422.0750

(On Screen): The Brits are in trouble now! The French are going to start boycotting British goods, and it's already caused the Pound to collapse on foreign trade markets, according to Agence France-Presse:

Britain could lose many millions of pounds worth of business in France because of a possible consumer boycott prompted by the Iraq war, according to a consumer poll published Tuesday.

More than one in 10 French consumers are less likely to buy British as a result of Prime Minister Tony Blair's hardline stance, the poll suggests.

Only 1 in 100 French are more likely to buy British because of the war, according to the survey by public relations company Weber Shandwick, which also revealed anti-British sentiment in Germany.

The survey found that 10 percent of German consumers said they were less likely to buy British -- although this was balanced by 7 percent who said they were more likely.

According to government figures, Britain exported goods worth just over 18 billion pounds (14.4 billion euros, 15.6 billion dollars) to France and more than 21 billion pounds to Germany in 2002.

Man! The Pound dropped to 86 cents? What a historic event! Wouldn't you think that would deserve a headline all its own?

AFP Reporter Hits Divide Instead Of Multiply

Yeah, that should do it...