So the UK flight ban has been lifted to a huge sigh of relief to most people (apart from those forced to stay on holiday!). But the fallout from the volcanic eruption is far greater, the commercial choas of getting the delayed people and goods back to where they need to be, the long suffering flower growers in Africa with rotting petunias, and worst of all the number of people that have a little piece of Iceland deposited on their cars.

The biggest dilemma is what to do with the ash? We are told that it is abrasive enough to bring down a fully loaded Jumbo Jets, is it safe to continue driving?

Do we expect government guidelines to advise us on how to deal with this national disaster....the first political party to publish such guidelines gets my vote!