It is a formidable example of how lower British taxes are helping to create jobs. If you are employable and ambitious, London is now a far better place to be than Paris. But there is a catch. For the higher French taxes have, indeed, produced better healthcare, more generous support for the poor and a far better infrastructure. If I was a pensioner, or ill, or worked for some public service, I would probably have a better time being French than British today.
Nothing comes for nothing.
We should be making a meal of this outrage Britain is throwing away about half a million tonnes of edible food every year, according to a new report. At the same time, we have millions of poor people living on junk food. There are good people who work for charities which pick up, sort out and distribute surplus supermarket food to homeless night shelters, soup kitchens and other places. But it's a drop of soup in an ocean of waste. The truth is that massive waste is the inevitable consequence of our demand for ever more variety and near-perfect safety and hygiene.