Telegrammed by our Independent Expert
Are stories about the recession a load of old rubbish?
Overheard on today's largely empty 11:30 Euston to Glasgow.
Rubbish collector to Train Manager: "Well you can tell passenger numbers are going down. Less and less rubbish on the train, not much work to do today. And the working classes aren't travelling - there's hardly any lager cans down the back of the seat."
Memo to Gordon Brown: Instead of the Retail Price Index as a guide to the recession, how about the Virgin Rubbish Production Index?
