So just what are the social distancing rules now?

May 19, 2020 | In the news

I’m pretty sure that the likes of IDS are only wheeled out to make actual Government pronouncements seem sensible and measured. ‘Why stay 2m apart’ he said this morning’, ‘when in other countries it’s 1.5 or even 1m?’ Because, Ian, if you were out and about at the weekend, you’ll have seen that many, if not most, treat 2m like 30mph, to be ignored unless there’s a danger of being caught or you already have 6 points. As Jasper Carrot once said of his mother-in-law’s driving: ‘She’s never had an accident; but she’s seen hundreds’.

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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.