It is fair to say that Starmer's government is quite appalling, replete with liars, dims and fools. But we voted them into power and cannot complain. Had we been stuck in the EU there would have been no result other than rising murderous anger.

Dear Mr Brummer. You are sufficiently old to remember C Gordon Tether who wrote almost exclusively in the FT about inflation and how it was generated by the mishandling of the money supply some fifty years ago.

The Financial Reporting Council is to investigate the audits of the Post Office carried out by Ernst and Young or EY as it is now known. Quite how damages payable in cash to the public will be identified I have no idea.