I spent many of my formative years working in pubs. Every night we rang the bell for last orders before 10.30 chucking-out (yes, really) time. If, while on summer hols in Devon, we were still sitting in a restaurant at 9pm, the staff would be hoovering around our feet and loudly yawning. So for many of us, the Boris Ban is simply back to the ’70s. If only the music was still as good.
“UK slips into recession as economy contracts 0.1% in December”
This week’s big economic and bad election news is that we are, or certainly have been, officially in a recession. You may not have thought you were, or you may have thought you have been for some time, as we and its effects are all different.