Summers are always a bit quieter for news given the number of people away on their hols, especially journalists. They call it ‘Silly Season’ in that broadcasters and newspapers still have to fill their voids with content and hence they often resort to ‘Pothole celebrates birthday’ and ‘Estate agency moves office’ type nonsense.
But this year vacation time coincides with a new Prime Minister who may or may not have purposely timed his coronation alongside the very day that Parliament rose for its school-like break, perhaps to avoid scrutiny in his first weeks in the job. Call me a cynic…