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Thrifty wartime habits return

Sir Winston Churchill famously urged the UK to both eat and dig for victory to help cope with the shortages during the Second World War. Now it would seem austerity is very much back in vogue to combat the global recession.

Sir Winston Churchill famously urged the UK to both eat and dig for victory to help cope with the shortages brought on by the war against the Nazis.