Pity the poor Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency, their ostentatious efforts deemed less newsworthy than the result of a football match in the dead of night, in a country where most people had no idea that the tournament was being held. Pity the poor crew of the Smyrtos, no doubt going about their lawful business of implementing British government policy since last month, by importing diesel and jet fuel that had been made from Russian crude oil but refined elsewhere.