Starmer has spoken. Britons must ‘turn up our collars and face the storm’. Perhaps he imagines it will be only higher-rate taxpayers, such as plumbing king Charlie Mullins, who will jump ship. I predict that even his favoured ‘hard- working families’ will also be looking for ways of escaping the nasal knight’s self-avowed ‘unpopular decisions’. I am already dreaming of decamping to my newly-beloved Liguria. During late summer, my elder daughter, tiring of my grumbling, frogmarched me out of my comfort zone in Wiltshire and onto taxis, trains, planes and hired automobiles. I went along with it, obeying her orders – I had to. I am digitally excluded and she had the boarding cards on her phone. After a 13-hour journey, I found myself deep in the heart of the Italian Riviera. Having achieved it, I recognise it is a journey that no longer holds any fear for me. Mary...
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