Indeed it does, Andy, and to be honest, from what I saw in Barbados, it wasn't an own goal from the financial viewpoint. We all sat around and griped about it, of course - what would the world expect from thousands of Brits abroad
? - but the fact is that there were thousands of Brits there, the vast majority of whom paid the price they were asked.
PR problem: maybe - but we'll all have forgotten it by the time the next opportunity comes around for a bit of Caribbean sun. Financially it was all rather astute.