From antibiotics to eggs, this is the age of inconvenience. We'd better get used to it | Gaby Hinsliff

In Britain we're used to getting what we want, when we want it - but the supply issues that have emptied shelves are here to stay Last week, the Labour MP Darren Jones needed antibiotics for a sick child. It took him and his wife eight attempts in two cities, he reported on Twitter, to find a chemist that could fill the prescription. Class WhatsApp groups, Mumsnet threads and school-run conversations have been filling up over the past few days with stories like these, thanks to an increase in st...