Also, the boundaries have changed to the Tories' advantage in both Romford and Upminster. Labour only won by 649 in Romford in 1997 (to everybody's surprise - no actual campaigning took pla… (View Post)

My own view is that all Public Sector bodies should be given a budget for a purpose and be allowed to recruit at salary levels as they see fit within that. Why a supposedly free market believing gove… (View Post)

I'd be interested to know how common this is across the public sector. In the government programme where I'm working at the moment, only about 20-25% of the staff are permanent Civil Servan… (View Post)

I'm almost with you. I don't think the Tories will (quite) poll 33, but take 5 from Reform and add to Con and the rest look about right, unless something dramatic happens between now and Ja… (View Post)

Exactly so, it is out of London (or the edges of Zone 6) that requires a car. I do 2 regular journeys, one is 7 miles and 25 minutes by car but 55 by public transport (in fact, only 11 is by public t… (View Post)