stand still

Time waits for no-one, but Smith and The Cure are certainly not ready to stand still.

But since October 7, time has stood still for us.

Filling this hole would only be enough to "keep public services standing still", the chancellor said this week.

At a political cabinet meeting this morning, Reeves told ministers that filling the "£22bn black hole inheritance from the previous government" would only be enough "to keep public services standing still".

And yet, this incident shows the Russians are not standing still, reliant on their massive human resources and conventional weapons.