The 'standards' bit of that letter consists of the use of the word 'standards' and no more. You can say it alludes to Pincher, but it is seriously oblique: "However, the public rightly expect go… (View Post)

This is the jburnmurdoch thread on it (pink charts - giveaway). There are links back to research, but I can't see a direct link to any academic analysis underpinning this study, looks like it might b… (View Post)

On topic: It's a weird chart though. Each generation is being measured relative to the other generations, so the properly weighted average of silent@85yrs + boomer@70 + x@55 + millennial@40 (+ a few … (View Post)

Polite is fine. Ineffectual and so has to be overused gets me. Once did a training course off the corner of Piccadilly Gardens for a week, and it drove me mad. You've reminded me of an old Trade Unio… (View Post)

The one thing I'd change about Manchester trams is, in all seriousness, the horns. A Manchester tram, if it turned up.in Sodor, would experience intolerable bullying at the hands of Thomas and friend… (View Post)