These Boots Were Made For Walking, John

Is it just 24 hours since Mr 007 Sunak was twizzling his financial gun and promising to buy us all a burger in August? How quickly things change. Only the day after the hospitality industry was rubbing its eyes looking at a 5% VAT rate and thinking an arcing migraine was blocking out the '1', Boots and John Lewis have crashed the party and announced 5,300 job cuts. Forget a £2.00 Mickey D's, that's 5,300 additional families who won't be able to afford the free parking outside Lidl.