Happy Friday!

I’m in the office today, so this will be short. The photo is today’s breakfast, with berries from my plot. The news is still a garbage fire, here are this week’s links..

Unlike the Queen, King Charles will have no sense of caution, only of entitlement

A smart cabinet would be plotting to get rid of Johnson. This one is neither smart nor brave

The storm clouds of Brexit and Covid have moved on – but Britain just isn’t working any more

Out of office? How working from home has divided Britain

Energy bills: why are so many smart meters in Britain turning ‘dumb’?

Our landlord failed to protect our deposit, so we sued him

London’s food-growing schemes offer harvest of fruit, veg and friendship

John Lewis names sites for its ‘more than four walls’ newbuild flats. And the site in Ealing is right next door to a new Elizabeth Line station, and there are tons of new building going up there!