MARTIN JOHNSON

Don’t worry about Brexit, or whether triggering Article 50 will mean the end of the world as we know it, this is the time of year when the British economy starts to really take off.
Sales of thermos flasks and Tupperware containers are already booming, and thanks to the longstanding tradition of the County Championship kicking off in brass monkey weather, the Chancellor’s till is also ringing with the profits from all those retailers dealing in bobble hats, hand warmers, and thermal long johns.
Just as well, really, given that the gate receipts from the entire ...