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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Guy Clapperton

Petrol crisis, what petrol crisis?

This has to be one of the most surreal weeks since this blog started. It began with rumblings about petrol prices and supply, moved to a surge in panic buying which everyone said was unnecessary, this led to a mild shortage then the blockade in protest about prices flopped and prices came down anyway.

We're going to wake up on Monday and wondered whether we dreamed the whole thing. Same as the cricket, which will have kept people off work for the match and the victory parade. As long as you'd indulged a bit less than some of the players at least your health should be in reasonable shape - which is apparently a bad thing if you're in food retail.

Which brings us to the great interest rate controversy. And there we were, thinking the silly season normally finished in August. Have a good weekend.

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