"I have a cunning plan..."

"Er, Baldrick, I think they've guessed what our cunning plan is..."

Not only have we Brits proved ourselves less pragmatic than the wily continentals, but now we're also losing our much-vaunted sense of humour, angrily ranting on about "enemies of the people", while they still seem able to see the funny side of things.

Mind you, it must be a lot easier to see the funny side if you're not actually in that boat...