Paying the Price

It is apparent the UK government will not negotiate to attempt to release the British yacht couple Chandlers who are currently held captive in Somalia.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the situation, particularly, perhaps, sailing in to dangerous waters peopled with pirates, but ultimately the government doesn't appear to be looking after British citizens. There could of course be things going on behind the scenes that the general public do not know about.

What is wrong with not paying a ransom is that it does the government absolutely no good in election terms given that it is apparent to the electorate that government will pay and bail out the banks, apparently protect the "human rights" of criminals, prosecute people protecting their own homes and apparently whilst ignoring the tax paying public and giving priority to all but the tax paying law abiding citizens.

In humanitarian terms for the Chandlers the government should surely pay the ransom.