If he had been, insomnia might have been more of a problem as he tried to work out how to pay for a growing proportion of that 70 million – Britain’s senior citizens.
When Home Secretary Alan Johnson said earlier this year he “did not lie awake at night” worrying about the UK’s population hitting 70 million, it might have been because he’s not Chancellor of the Exchequer.
If he had been, insomnia might have been more of a problem as he tried to work out how to pay for a growing proportion of that 70 million – Britain’s senior citizens.