“Britain’s Gambling Culture: Calls for Change”

Mar 20, 2021 | In the news

Tags: Gambling

I haven’t watched live ITV with ads for some time, but ‘Unforgotten’ lured me in. Each ad break comprised booze and betting. The difference was that Smirnoff and Jamiesons didn’t offer free shots once you’d downed your first bottle. The bookies promised extra bets once you’d punted your first £40 or more. Both said gamble/drink responsibly. Big deal. My suggestion: forget the nags, if they lose, you lose. Stick your money in a dodgy, unregulated investment. If you lose, you’ll get compensation. Win, win!

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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.