Red light, green light
The three tiers of Covid restrictions have been described as a ‘traffic light’ system.
— The world’s first traffic light is recorded as having been installed at the Palace of Westminster in 1868 to help MPs and peers enter and leave parliament. Those lights only had red and green phases.
— Traffic lights installed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914 incorporated a buzzer to warn that the lights were about to change. The amber phase was patented by Garrett Augustus Morgan, an African-American inventor, after witnessing an accident.
Watford Gap?
New lockdown measures have rekindled talk of a north/south divide. Has the gap widened or shrunk over the past 20 years?
GDP PER HEAD IN 2018:
London – £54,686
South-east – £34,083
North-east – £23,569
North-west – £28,449
GDP GROWTH FROM 1999-2018:
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