“BBC confirms plans to make over-75s pay TV licence fee”

Jun 21, 2019 | In the news

The little things sometimes make a big difference. Theresa May’s ‘Alzheimers Tax’ lost her votes from many core supporters in the last election. I came across this group of pensioners protesting outside the BBC. Seems to me more than likely that this issue will fester and grow, and it won’t be the BBC that takes the blame. Boris or Jezza, ignore it at your peril.

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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.