I did 5 yrs in civil service central govt dept. Think there were automatic increments but don't remember them being as high as 3%. Never understood the fuss about 1% or 3% or whatever. The diffe… (View Post)

Yes this makes it difficult for civil service to hire people with specialist skills. This is of course what all these agencies & consultancies want. (View Post)

Labour deluded if they don't recognise Boris Johnson is a formidable opponent who will be very tough to shift. Unpopular opinion among left-wing circles: Boris Johnson is actually pretty funny. … (View Post)

You've failed to understand: 1) difference between projection & forecast 2) England based projection and UK based projection 3) the fact that the numbers of vaccinations are assumption INPUT… (View Post)

I hope you're right - but I think there is some evidence that vaccines are less effective against B.1.617.1 India variant. Time will tell though. Such an error of the govt not to impose quaranti… (View Post)