Five days without heating proved what I already feared

Blaise Tapp's view on life in the UK today

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There's a saying that you don't hear that often these days - 'they don't make them like they used to'.

One of the reasons that folk haven't really bothered saying this since the time when you could light up at the bar is that it has become the ultimate truism; along with water being wet and that a pint always tastes nicer when it costs less than a fiver.