The horror or Broken Britain continues this week.

First we learn that squatting houses left empty by families on holiday is becoming ever more common, then we learn that French unions are threatening to smash up branches of McDonalds and Starbucks every day.

Among the hardworking Britons to attack French unions threatening to smash up branches of McDonalds and Starbucks was some bloke in the pub who today said read my lips; no new taxes.