Down in dumps

Aug 13 2008 by Andrew Baldwin, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

FIRST, the credit crunch. Then rising fuel bills. And the revelation that the average household is spending £27 a week more on groceries than a year ago because of increased prices.

Can it get worse?

It just has – with constant rain putting most of us very firmly down in the dumps.

What a miserable summer.

Serious sorts will wonder if our bad weather is due to climate change. Others might reply: It’s Britain. What else do you expect?