Hidden messages.

I long ago learned that you shouldn't take on face value anything said by anyone in authority - you always need to look for the subtext, that is to say what they really mean. Shop keepers at a village somewhere in Warwickshire are up in arms at the council's proposals to introduce local car parking charges, which they say will hit their trade. The council's response is that it will "benefit the local economy". That is code for "will bring in more money for us (the council) and if it has a negative effect on you shopkeepers, tough!". And then we have the Chancellor saying that the Government will do "whatever is necessary" to maintain economic stability in the face of the present crisis. To me that's code for "we really haven't a clue, but we'll do our best to deal with circumstances as they arise", and whilst that may be the reality in these current unprecedented times, I have to say it doesn't fill me with confidence.