Here are some interesting facts which may help us to keep a sense of proportion. They’re on the internet, so they must be true. Last year, 12,000 died here from prostate cancer and 27,800 were killed or seriously injured on our roads. To date, 233,000 have died in the war in Yemen. If we really want to save lives, we could take some emergency measures. Like mandatory PSA and prostate exams for all men over 50; a big reduction in speed limits and lots more cameras and cops to enforce them; and not selling planes and guns to the Saudis. But we won’t.
“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.
