Most current BA staff do not benefit from the pensions which are causing BA the problems. Those are largely historical. One very sensitive subject for the government here is that BA was privatised wi… (View Post)

The number that's worth watching most carefully is the weekly ONS statistic of total deaths. All other things being equal, it's reasonable to attribute any excess over the expected rate to Covid-19 a… (View Post)

He might actually have turned up for one of those meetings to quiz the experts himself. I don’t think that was really optional for a man who purports to lead the nation for a threat of such potential… (View Post)

If the PM had torn himself away for five minutes from shagging his missus in February to read the newspapers he would have seen ample coverage of Covid-19 for himself. But he simply didn’t care to fi… (View Post)

I’m past disgust and utterly bemused at how the government’s usual apologists seem to think it acceptable for a Prime Minister to take a hands-off approach to a looming pandemic. It begs the question… (View Post)