torpor

ROBERT HARDMAN asks when a workshy nation facing bankruptcy will shake off its torpor

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Today, at long last, pubs will pull a pint for the first time in months. Hotels and B&Bs have been pulling off the dustsheets. The RAC predicts traffic congestion (in England, at least) as people are finally authorised to spend a night under a roof that is not their own. Online traffic has been equally … Read more

Wake up Britain! If we don’t rouse from lockdown torpor soon, we face an economic collapse

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Even now, when the lockdown is beginning to ease, it is an eerie experience to walk down your local High Street. Most shops are still shuttered. The restaurants are dark, the pubs abandoned. The dusty pavements stretch out in front of you, silent and empty, weeds poking through the cracks. Sometimes I feel as if I’ve … Read more