The sheer quantity of water gushing under bridges meant the otters could not swim against the rapid current, so they tried to cross the road instead and often got hit by cars.

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"You can't swim for ever against the current of public opinion", argues Daniel Hannan.

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True, in a competitive world, it is hard to swim like a salmon against the current.

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"I choose what I eat or whether I smoke, what people have told us is they want help to swim with the tide rather than against the current to make the healthy choice the easy one, " he said.

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It's an indication, I think, of the kind of current Skilling and his lawyers have to swim upstream against.

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