Inflation is a word that once held terror for millions of people. In Britain, it peaked at 25 per cent early in the Great War and came within a few decimal points of that figure again in 1975, with punitive consequences. Granted that Britons never shared the experience of the Germans – a loaf of bread in Berlin that cost 160 marks in late 1922 cost 200 billion marks a year later – the heavy UK inflation rate in the 1970s was an onerous burden.
Blabbering Boris reveals little about the royals
Johnson is not the first premier to breach the royal omerta, nor is he the most indiscreet.
