MARTIN JOHNSON

If, like me, you find that the only way to unwind at the end of a long hard day is with a large gin and tonic in one hand and the latest bulletin from the Office for National Statistics in the other, you will know that the UK consumes twice as many baked beans as anywhere else in Europe, that people who live in Sheffield have the most fillings and missing teeth, and that absenteeism from work is steadily going down every year.
I’m not sure why Sheffield should be the dental decay capital of the UK, or whether the final Brexit terms will include an agreement to imp...