Alasdair Darling announced a daring strategy to recover the tax payers funds used to prop up troubled bank Northern Rock. According to Darling, the whole of Wales will be sold off to the highest bidder during an auction to be held on EBay.
The plan has a number of dimensions. Wales will be sold off, but the buyer only has to put down a 5% deposit (2% if this is the first time they have bought a country). The remainder will be financed through a mortgage arranged through Northern Rock.
Darling announced the new plan in the House of Commons. "This solves a number of problems" he said."We get the funds in to cover the enormous liability we have amassed over the Northern Rock fiasco, we prop up the failing bank and we get rid of Wales. They've been bleating about wanting to be shot of the UK for years - now they have their chance."
Plaid Cymru, rabid Welsh nationalist party, were unavailable for comment as they did not really understand the policy - the idea of mortgages, EBay or banks not having reached their village yet.
