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Is working from home a good idea?
I am not going to condemn all working at home. It would be hypocritical to do so, as I often work from home. That saves time battling bad transport systems and allows me to work without interruptions or distracting noise.
Going to the office regularly is needed to socialise ideas,...Read More »
The Prime Minister makes 2 big mistakes in his speech
The Prime Minister made a pessimistic uninspiring speech yesterday around the theme of “things will get worse”.
It was a big mistake to tell the nation he now leads we are living in a rotten society. He blamed all of us as well as the last government and told us off...Read More »
Driving people off the roads
The Transport Minister thinks Wales was right to impose 20 mph speed limits in many places. She has told Councils in England it’s fine by her if they want to harass more drivers off the roads with closures, narrowing, lane removals, lower speed limits, more bollards and painted regulations.
Yet she...Read More »
Lockdowns launched a social Revolution
Lives and attitudes were changed by lockdowns. I will be writing some blogs over the next few weeks exploring some of the changes .They will cover
1. Attitudes to working from home versus going to an office or other premise to work
2. Attitudes to the working week, work/ life balance ,...Read More »
The Bank of England wriggles again over its bonds
We are due a reconsideration of the Bank’s policy of running down its bond holdings by £100bn a year. It looks as if they will reconfirm they will carry on with it, and update or change the reasons.
The US Federal reserve Board faced with the same problem of a large...Read More »