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High fuel costs and general hatred of their polluting effects make cars steadily fall out of favour. People start taking donkeys to work.
Fights break out at various company headquarters over who’s got the best spot to park their ass. Some radio stations report severe delays on Britain’s roads due to ‘sheer weight of droppings’.
Formula One reinvents itself by changing its rules.
The aim is not now to drive the fastest but the most fuel-efficiently. Points are awarded to drivers who stay in second gear for most of the way round and keep under 40mph. Lewis Hamilton keeps doing well until the last lap, where he develops engine trouble and moves ahead of everyone else at 100mph. Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso car share. Jensen Button wins the whole championship by deciding to walk.
The M25 is asphalted and pedestrianised. An enterprising stall owner wins the licence to set up a 30-mile-long stall selling crepes.
Read on…
An amusingly bleak depiction of the future by Armando Iannucci.
