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Unions, Strikes and Travel Disruption
I run my own little business, so I don’t have a union. However, if I worked for a large corporation or the public sector, I would join one straight away. If you work without representation, you are affectively a slave, hoping things go your way. Not being in a union means I am not an expert in how they operate. However, as I understand it, members vote for a ...
A View From the Chaise Longue – It’s Tears Again!
I met a couple of my son George’s friends in Winchester yesterday. On a busy and buoyant Christmas afternoon the temptation was there to hang about and watch the game. However, the chaise longue had served England well and to desert it now would surely mean defeat. That’s right, England's fate rested on me staying loyal to a piece of furniture. Uneasy ...
A View From the Chaise Longue -What a Night in Qatar!
Many are calling it the World Cup that just keeps giving, and isn’t it just? The two quarter-final matches were evidence of no matter how much we can hate football sometimes, its beauty still shines through. No other sport can provide such drama. Nervous Neutrals Across the world last night, neutral observers were pacing the floor and hiding behind cushions ...
A View From the Chaise Longue – The Quarter-Finals
So, the 2nd round of the World Cup is done and dusted. Spain were the latest big name to be shocked and deservedly so. After laying down an early marker in the group stages, Spain changed tact. They decided to employ the tactic of boring their opponents to death by passing the ball to each other for what seemed like years. From the chaise longue view, it felt ...
View from the chaise longue – England restore calm to win at a canter
It was red wine and the chaise longue for the culture vulture again last night. Yet again, I didn't feel physically and mentally equipped to go out in the cold and into a pub of football experts. I don’t know why, but hearing someone shout “GET GREALISH ON!”, every 20 seconds, seems more tolerable in the summer. Perhaps it's because you can escape to the ...