I know I talk a lot about the lessons of history; but here are some more. In 1968, there were anti-war and civil rights demos and riots across America. The National Guard opened fire, people died, yet Nixon was elected president. Thatcher got her second term in 1983, despite race riots and record unemployment. A couple of years after more than a million marched through London against the invasion of Iraq, Blair was elected for a third time. And look who won our election in December. So, tragically and despite everything, I predict another four years of Trump. Saints preserve and Lord help us all.
“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.
