At Hull's ferry port, a man opened the back of a lorry and found two dozen Syrians hiding amongst the boxes.Cowering, one said in poor English, "We just want better life. We don't like the poverty, the hardship.""Too right, mate," said the Englishman. "Hull's a right 5hithole! Move over, I'm coming with you on the boat to Amsterdam." The insults heaped on Hull are so ingrained they seem part of its architecture. "From Hell, Hull and Halifax, good Lord deliver us," pleaded a 17th-c
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