IT analyst, Ciba-Geigy Switzerland, 1977. £29,000/year - I asked for £25K and their HR guy smiled gently and said "we can do better than that". I was gobsmacked - I'd been unemployed f… (View Post)

I missed this when it appeared last month, but it's quite astute: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2021/02/boris-johnson-s-clever-trick-get-away-anything-even-covid-catastrophe (View Post)

Oborne also defended Corbyn and I think EdM on the grounds that they were honest. I'm afraid that the obverse of general cynicism about politics is that people shrug off lying (as a Boris fan di… (View Post)

Absolutely. As an MP I was entirely open about my far-left background and to some extent continuing views. But I was always polite and friendly regardless of whom I was talking to (basically I just l… (View Post)

I think it's best to look at it purely introspectively rather than on a fairness basis - do you think it's worthwhile (good on CV, interesting in itself, brings in something at least) or no… (View Post)