They did indeed become the neighbours from hell when, with no consideration for our views, they turned their house, next door, into a nightclub. Yet, despite that gross insensitivity, it was an uncomfortable sensation, peering through the net curtains at the head of their household in his string vest, staggering around the front garden, flaying wildly at family members and then collapsing in a heap, on the unkempt grass, littered with crushed beer cans. BBC Radio Four’s Thursday morning 8 o’clock news bulletin opened with updates on the pending demise of prime minister, Boris Johnson. The second story was that…

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