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and a Happy New Year to you all

Given the sheer weight of my Inbox, heaving with reviews, opinions, and memories of the past quite dreadful year, I feel a sort of peer pressure to do the same for you all, mes petits chou-fleur.

Those of you with a Latin bent will know that this post’s title recalls the minor kerfuffle in September 2025 when the Department for Transport and British Tran…