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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Polly Hudson

Royal Mail's first-class stamp delivered me an appalling third-rate service

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t seem like much. This country feels like it’s going to pot in too many ways to count, so does it really matter your post is arriving late?

Now, because clearly it matters a lot, Ofcom are taking some time off fielding complaints about Amanda Holden’s Britain’s Got Talent outfits to investigate Royal Mail instead.

They’ve failed to deliver mail on time, with only 73% of first-class post arriving the next day, instead of their 93% target. Personally, I’m stunned it’s even as much as 73%.

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