Caught briefly on the radio – the Government intends to use Emergency powers to bail out feckless, useless councils who’ve found themselves utterly unprepared for snow by raiding the grit and salt supplies of useful, competent well prepared councils who’ve still got supplies.

If this doesn’t entirely sum up the ‘you have something we want, so we’re going to take it’ approach to governing that we suffer, what does? Just be glad they’re not using Emergency Powers to confiscate grit from private companies.