Looks, as I write, as if this domestic border-closing could be good practice for No-Deal-New-Year. The Transport Minister, Rachel MacLean (who knew?) unveiled plans this week for the installation of portaloos in Kent for the thousands expected to be caught in queues to escape across the Channel. They could trial this on approaches to the Severn Bridge, just to iron out any contact-tracing type c—k-ups. Notice, too, that we haven’t heard much, in the wake of the latter, about the whizzy new customs software. OK, I know, ‘if you can’t say anything positive, Philip, don’t say anything…’
“Jeremy Hunt waves through biggest tax burden since war in spring budget 2023”
It may have seemed a Bland Budget, but that’s because Hunt got all the nasties out of the way in the Autumn Statement, in the hope, I guess, that we’ll have forgotten all about them by the time they hit us.
