Ep 188: The pandemic that stole Christmas

<p>Last year Boris Johnson announced a lockdown and Christmas was cancelled. This time round, things are looking up. But as food, fuel and toy shortages worsen, will Christmas be cancelled again?</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>You can get the Sensemaker newsletter as an email delivered to your inbox once a day. It’s our editors’ pick of the stories that matter most right now, and why, in brief. You can&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/sensemaker/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sign up here for free</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Or, if you’d like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/become-a-member/?utm_source=acast&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=sensemaker-episode-notes&amp;utm_content=sensemaker-member" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to join Tortoise as a fully-fledged member</a>, activate your 30-day free trial to access all our journalism.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>