I only ever experienced being in a union once. It was at the
AWE when it was the Civil Service. I was only 18 so I didn’t really know or
care what a union was. All that I knew was that there was to be a strike and my
boss, Anne, disapproved. I didn’t like her, so I went on strike, which involved
turning up to a meeting for an hour, then having a half day.
Workers Rights
Thereafter, up until I set up my own business, any protection I ...
I was imagining the other day what it would be like to
work in customs when the law about checking passports changed. When I used to
go to France a fair bit, you just had to hold your passports up, barely braking
as you did so. If there was a queue building, they hardly bothered even looking.
Stamping Passports
Now they must mess about stamping the passports one by
one. If a family of five are going on holiday, what a ball ache that must ...
Over the last few days of record-breaking temperatures, much has been mentioned (mainly by older folks who think they’re hard) about the famed summer of 1976. I was eight at the time and the only thing I really remember is my mother doing some bizarre pagan like dance when it rained. Oh, and the smell of the rain on dry surfaces. Even when I smell that now, it takes me back to that summer.
False Comparisons
Comparing the summer of 1976 ...
One look at the the list of candidates in the Tory leadership race is enough to send a shiver down the spine. It is so awful it makes you wonder how this will all play out.
Sunak and Truss
The fact that Rishi Sunak is the favourite tells you all that needs knowing. Sunak made a fortune out the 2008 banking crash and has overseen the haemorrhaging of cash during the pandemic that is incalculable. I just do not understand what attributes ...
I have needed to write this down as it is scarcely believable.
1/ Boris Johnson was warned about the predatory sexual
conduct of Chris Pincher.
2/ He went ahead and employed him anyway.
3/ Chris Pincher conducted himself in a way a sexual
predator would.
4/ Boris Johnson sent his MP’s out to say he knew nothing of
Chris Pinchers behaviour.
5/ It was proved in a letter from Simon McDonald, Johnson
did know about Pinchers ...
