Britain Bumps Along

We are all aware, because post-Uxbridge Conservatives have been squealing about it with such grown-up volume, that the fiend Sadiq Khan is the gloating centre of a malign woke conspiracy against the noble race of motorists. The ultra-low emissions zone is merely the toxic tip of a bloated and betentacled iceberg of un-Britishness which is even now extending onto the nation's roads the crypto-European jackboot of chronic disrepair. Despite nearly a decade and a half of efficiency savings and tough decisions, potholes in British roads are causing an unpredecented quantity of breakdowns among the non-helicoptered classes. According to the RAC, the number of callouts in the summer was forty-six per cent higher than the number for the corresponding months of last year; and the onset of winter is expected to improve matters in much the same way as it does for fuel bills, the NHS and other non-tax-cutting fripperies. Other than Khanite extremism, what possible explanation can there be? Fortunately, the profits of fuel retailers are well above normal, so clearly the forces of British fair play are beginning to fight back.