UK growth up 0.5%

It's not much to crow about. These figures are fairly meaningless to the vast majority of the British public as they battle against rising prices and pegged wages. Being squeezed financially offers no whoopee expressions of delight at this news. Coupled with the shenanigans of the European political elite (the Greek prime minister has gone barking!) and it is very hard to raise a smile.

But as Ronnie Barker's character Fletcher might say in Porridge "Don't let the buggers grind you down!".

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