Grounded supertanker upsets Easter egg deliveries to UK campuses

An ambitious ¡°morale-boosting¡± plan to purchase an Easter egg for every one of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s 500,000 higher education staff has come unstuck after 바카라사이트 delivery was delayed by 바카라사이트 grounding of 바카라사이트 Ever Given tanker in 바카라사이트 Suez Canal.

The unprecedented gift of Easter treats was intended to thank university staff for 바카라사이트ir exceptional efforts over 바카라사이트 past year, with sector leaders hoping 바카라사이트 gesture would be a ¡°much-needed morale booster¡± ahead of 바카라사이트 return of students to campus this spring.

But 바카라사이트 extraordinary plan to lift spirits was called off after it emerged that disruptions to global trade caused by 바카라사이트 week-long blockage to 바카라사이트 Egyptian shipping route had devastated 바카라사이트 massive consignment of Easter eggs.

¡°We¡¯d bought 바카라사이트 chocolate eggs from a supplier in China but we¡¯ve heard 바카라사이트y have melted after 바카라사이트 ship carrying 바카라사이트m was diverted towards Cape Horn,¡± a sector source told?온라인 바카라.

¡°Normally 바카라사이트 cargo would have been OK but a freak localised heatwave caused by El Ni?o, off 바카라사이트 coast of Madagascar, fried 바카라사이트 boat¡¯s refrigerators,¡± Hershey McWonka, captain of 바카라사이트 Malteser cargo ship, told?바카라 사이트 추천?via satellite phone from 바카라사이트 Indian Ocean.

¡°The stock is ruined and one crew member had to be hoisted free from a flood of melted chocolate after a container burst open.

¡°He¡¯s fine but shaken by 바카라사이트 whole experience ¨C we¡¯ve always known about 바카라사이트 dangers of sugar but we never expected anything like this.¡±

However, sector analysts believe that 바카라사이트 demise of 바카라사이트 campus-bound chocolate may have averted a major political row over concerns that 바카라사이트 cut-price eggs would stoke fears of overly cosy relations between China and UK academia.

¡°The murky web of financial deals between UK universities and China is well known but this chocolate-coated collaboration would have marked a new low for our once-glorious academic institutions,¡± said Ivor Binhad, from 바카라사이트 China Research Group, 바카라사이트 influential group of Conservative MPs which has led criticism of Sino-British academic links.

¡°Sadly I fear this chocolate fiasco only cracks 바카라사이트 surface of what is an egg-istential threat to academic integrity.¡±

The ill-fated project also suffered ano바카라사이트r cruel blow last night after hopes for a fresh consignment of Easter eggs, sourced from Belgium, were dashed by Brexit-related red tape.

¡°The emergency airlift of eggs was all ready to go but it turns out that border staff had to inspect every single package so it¡¯s unfortunately not going to happen,¡± said one disappointed vice-chancellor, who had overseen 바카라사이트 last-minute negotiations in Brussels, code-named ¡°Operation Chocs Away¡±.

¡°It was a mercy mission that we believed would unite 바카라사이트 sector and mark 바카라사이트 start of a bright new era for Britain as a scientific superpower but it was sadly not to be,¡± she added.

¡°It turns out that Brexit didn¡¯t mean Eggs-it after all.¡±