I don’t think Theresa should model herself on Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’, the new movie which Mr Trump found so inspiring. It was Hugh Grant’s Prime Minister in ‘Love Actually’ (a performance sadly overlooked by the Oscars) who stood up to the US President: ‘We may be a small country, but we’re a great one, the country of Shakespeare, The Beatles, Harry Potter…’ Let’s face it, there are more than a few precedents for TV and movie stars becoming world leaders. Go for it, Hugh.
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.
Here’s a future problem that will doubtless be kicked down the road until it becomes a crisis. There’s a whole generation who may never be able to afford to buy their own homes.
Apple has just launched its first actual new product in quite a while, a virtual reality gizmo, and that is quite big news. What they do put out there is usually a big seller and makes still more big bucks.