On September 7, returning from a flying visit to Edinburgh, this correspondent stopped for refreshments at Darlington, a market town –historical category that designates populations with the right to hold a weekly market, but which cannot be called city, Despite its current population of 110,000, it is located in County Durham, in the north of England, 56 km south of Newcastle. London is a long way off, but the impact of the resignation of the deputy prime minister for failing to pay the taxes she should have paid is still noticeable.