What happend to the £899 price? That's cr*p, this website said it would be £899. I check now, and 'update 2' has pushed it to £999. Why on earth they said that if they weren't 100% sure I'm not sure...
Interesting, 999€ is ~£840+P&P to the UK. I've bought a lens from a good shop in the EU before, so I see no reason not to go this route (other than to "stimulate the economy")