DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The danger of talking Britain into recession

As dawn broke yesterday, it wasn't just the cockerel crowing. Our misery-shrouded Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said so Every hint of bad news has been amplified by a permanently hysterical Left-wing media backed by alarmist and often distorted rhetoric from Labour's front bench. But thanks to a high street bonanza on the back of England's World Cup run and families celebrating the first post-pandemic Christmas, an official recession – two consecutive quarters of negative growth – is increasingly unlikely. Thanks to a high street bonanza on the back of England's World Cup run and families celebrating the first post-pandemic Christmas, an official recession – two consecutive quarters of negative growth – is increasingly unlikely The GDP figures offer only the smallest crumb of comfort and circumstances can change for the worse – and quickly. Stand up for women Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon held a meeting in Inverness on January 12 MR Sunak has clearly decided to adopt a more placatory attitude towards Nicola Sturgeon than his predecessors.