Do you ever feel that we are a nation of pampered pantywaists? Do you ever think that some people need to get a grip? I ask because amid a hideously cruel war which is proving that Ukrainians have the hearts of lions, in the UK a woman from Isleworth is complaining that her Caribbean holiday was “ruined” and that she suffered “major anxiety for days”. Why? Because she didn’t get a meal on the flight. Quick: someone relay this outrage to Mariupol.
The woman, 32, had failed to order a gluten-free meal 24 hours in advance (she has coeliac disease) because she misread the (admittedly confusing) British Airways website. So the cabin crew cobbled together celery, carrot sticks, chocolate buttons, crisps, popcorn, nuts, chocolate bars
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