England leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I’ve been away. I get back. Drive home from the airport. On the way, decide to fill car up – head for my local gas station, only to find a queue of vehicles heading off into the middle distance. I decide that civilisation has in fact collapsed in my absence, something I always suspected would happen. Turn radio on to discover that the English have finally learnt something from the French and blockaded the oil refineries as a protest against high fuel prices. Continue reading