I think that likely is correct re the irritation and the fact Starmer’s public image is a sort of upstanding, boring but decent sort of fellow who made a lot of hay of not being in it for himself but… (View Post)

When I went to Genoa some years back I thought, in general, it was a bit of a dump I’m afraid. (View Post)

One of the replies in that TwitterX thread nailed it I think: “ This what Guardian readers assume their cleaners’ lives are like despite only meeting them for 30 seconds on a Friday to pay them.” (View Post)

I am sure there won’t be many people feeling tremendous sympathy for Sue Gray, but to be absolutely fair a salary of £170k is well below the going rate for someone as senior as her in the private sec… (View Post)

As a general point of order, I am sure many of us over the years have attended work events (perhaps also bringing partners) that have required us to “dress up” and wouldn’t get an allowance to do so.… (View Post)