I don't know, more seem boring rather than flamboyant. I think though there is a tendency to alternate. A party loses power, needs somebody with some sparkle to cut through in Opposition (Thatcher, B… (View Post)

As a journalist, Marina Hyde has never had to attend any of the management meetings that I have had to sit through during my working career, or she wouldn't express any surprise at all. (View Post)

Thank you. I would question the raw figures you quoted - as somebody else pointed out upthread, most public sector Minimum Wage-level jobs have been privatised (and there are a lot of them), which wi… (View Post)

Indeed, and some of us may have planned our family/friends gatherings around the Bank Holidays of 27/28th. I can see lots of people carrying on regardless. I shall. (View Post)

Can you give some examples? That's not my experience when comparing Civil Service salaries with private sector equivalents, even after making allowance for better pensions (note that final salary sch… (View Post)