“The Power of Youth: Greta is Time Magazine’s youngest ever Person of the Year”

Dec 12, 2019 | In the news

Speaking of Finland, the way forward does seem to be young and probably female. It’s too late for Jo but the Finnish and NZ  PMs and, of course, Greta, look like a breath of fresh, sea air from where I’m sitting and Trump’s patronising contempt makes it more so. Sadly we’ll have to wait another five years. But, you heard it here first, I predict our next PM will be both female and our youngest ever. Get cracking, Charlotte and/or Sybil.

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“The working-from-home illusion fades”

“The working-from-home illusion fades”

Are workers working from home more or less productive than those catching the 7.02am to London Bridge every day? ‘Probably sitting at home in their bleedin’ jim-jams’, said someone recently of a less-than-helpful call centre employee, the assumption being that, were they surrounded by colleagues and with a manager cracking the whip, he or she would have sorted his energy bill more efficiently.