So here’s an idea: base the Tory leadership race (next year) on Wimbledon! Some big names might well be knocked out in the early rounds by unseeded young’uns that noone’s heard of, so much more excitement. At the sharp end, though, not much would change, as we’d end up with the usual big names in the final. But instead of the Centre Court crowd voting to choose the winner, they’d have to slug it out in five sets; or maybe a Harry Hill-style (parents etc.) fight. I think I’m on to something.
“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.
