Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth.
“They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?”
“That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?”