A little while ago, I wrote a piece agreeing with my colleague Toby Harnden's assessment of the behaviour of the fifteen captured sailors and Marines.
The British servicemen did not defend themselves and then rather than giving name, rank and serial number allowed themselves to be used as pawns in a propaganda game.
This week I have learned more details of the capture.
The fifteen servicemen were captured by just six, yes, six Iranians. Could they have avoided capture? Certainly - they had more than double the personnel of the Iranians. The Britons were also armed.
Now Private Eye reveals that they were captured because thanks to some top brass's ego, a publicity stunt went wrong.
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