Forget comparing wages to major purchase prices from 1973 or 1952. The cost of beer in the UK is up 500% since 1990. Meanwhile, wages have gone from roughly £20K to £33K per year. If they’d kept pace, Andy Capp would have 100K to spend at the pub.

‘Murcans, this obviously does not apply to you. Soon you will have, all costs aside, a B2 with a racing stripe the B21! CWA! CWA!