The commercial brouhaha a couple of weeks ago was called "Black Friday", but with the chaos at Gatwick today so many readers will be having their family holidays jeopardised. Those wanting to fly to England and beyond via Gatwick may be delayed or re-routed and those waiting for friends or family to arrive from there to spend Christmas here may be equally frustrated. We can only hope that those arriving by car avoid the recalcitrant gilets jaunes or that the trains are OK to local stations.
On the bright side, today is the winter solstice, the shortest day, so from tomorrow longer days!
