By Bagehot
AUSTERITY Britain? Or a cunning Keynesian stimulus plan, imposed by stealth? If you will forgive the brief diversion from phone-hacking and other grisly matters of state, I bring news from London’s streets, which now glisten with so much unswept glass that daily cycle commuters can expect a puncture a month (or, if you are Bagehot, two in as many weeks, plus a couple the month before).