An updated fairy tale

Published date09 August 2022
Publication titleDaily Financial Times

At last, the people all came flocking, shouting in the great Town Hall: 'Our Council's attitude is shocking! High you sit and far you'll fall. To think we buy fine gowns of ermine for dolts who can't or won't determine how to rid us of our vermin! You're old and fat and still expect your furry robes to buy respect! Well, wake up! Give your brains a racking! Find the remedy we're lacking or, sure as fate, we'll send you packing!' (Robert Browning - Pied Piper of Hamlin)

That's how it all happened. People came flocking in to the 'great town hall'. Our fairy tale has taken...

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