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I was listening to 5Live driving up to Scotland (anything rather than listen to the OH for 6 hours :emoticon-0113-sleep ) and heard the Lib Dem press conference

What amazed me was that only 57% of those entitled to actually voted, so clearly even the party members couldn't get excited about their own leadership contest

Not exactly an inspiring choice of leaders though
 
StortfordQPR said:
I was listening to 5Live driving up to Scotland (anything rather than listen to the OH for 6 hours :emoticon-0113-sleep ) and heard the Lib Dem press conference

What amazed me was that only 57% of those entitled to actually voted, so clearly even the party members couldn't get excited about their own leadership contest

Not exactly an inspiring choice of leaders though
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mmm as Goldie says it will be difficult for them.
I always want a strong opposition but sadly the fall well short. My mate votes Limps and he says it’s a wasted vote now.
 
Lots of right wingers (I shan’t call them nonces) on today about getting people back into offices who have been perfectly capable of working from home, saving time, money and stress commuting and taking cars off the road in the process.

Get out there and spend your money on coffee and sandwiches you plebs.
 
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West WindsR said:
Lots of right wingers (I shan’t call them nonces) on today about getting people back into offices who have been perfectly capable of working from home, saving time, money and stress commuting and taking cars off the road in the process.

Get out there and spend your money on coffee and sandwiches you plebs.
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Sorry I don’t get your point ? Are you saying it’s a good thing that these people now work at home ?
 
Staines R's said:
Sorry I don’t get your point ? Are you saying it’s a good thing that these people now work at home ?
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I think there are a lot of positives to working from home for those in jobs where it’s feasible. More leisure time, less money spent on commuting/food/inevitable after-work drinks. It’s also important for a lot of people to have some social interaction so companies should be flexible especially with junior staff and new starters who probably need that face to face time more.

What I take umbrage with is a politician or a fat old mess like Digby Jones imploring people who can work perfectly fine from home to get back to their old routine.
 
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West WindsR said:
I think there are a lot of positives to working from home for those in jobs where it’s feasible. More leisure time, less money spent on commuting/food/inevitable after-work drinks. It’s also important for a lot of people to have some social interaction so companies should be flexible especially with junior staff and new starters who probably need that face to face time more.

What I take umbrage with is a politician or a fat old mess like Digby Jones imploring people who can work perfectly fine from home to get back to their old routine.
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Now I get you, and of course I’ll add that less traffic on the road means people who can’t Work at home find their journey easier and less stressful.
Totally agree with you and maybe that’s one good thing that’s come out of this.
The problem will be that some employers mostly look at it as a great excuse to ‘restructure’ and lay people off.....British Airways have seized the opportunity with gusto and totally ****ed their staff over
 
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West WindsR said:
I think there are a lot of positives to working from home for those in jobs where it’s feasible. More leisure time, less money spent on commuting/food/inevitable after-work drinks. It’s also important for a lot of people to have some social interaction so companies should be flexible especially with junior staff and new starters who probably need that face to face time more.

What I take umbrage with is a politician or a fat old mess like Digby Jones imploring people who can work perfectly fine from home to get back to their old routine.
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Working from home will be the new normal for many people, which has to be a good thing in my opinion. A lot of businesses will have realised that they can save a lot on office space without losing productivity. No reason for them to get people back into offices.
 
Staines R's said:
Now I get you, and of course I’ll add that less traffic on the road means people who can’t Work at home find their journey easier and less stressful.
Totally agree with you and maybe that’s one good thing that’s come out of this.
The problem will be that some employers mostly look at it as a great excuse to ‘restructure’ and lay people off.....British Airways have seized the opportunity with gusto and totally ****ed their staff over
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Good point about the lay offs. Employers will say, hey, if this role can be done from home, let's have it done from home by an employee in India for cost savings. There's a double edged sword here.
 
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Goldhawk-Road said:
Good point about the lay offs. Employers will say, hey, if this role can be done from home, let's have it done from home by an employee in India for cost savings. There's a double edged sword here.
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it's fine, we can have brexit prevent this to keep all the jobs here and wfh
 
Goldhawk-Road said:
Brexit may work to protect certain key industries linked to defence like Rolls Royce, but it won't be protectionist in the way you suggest.
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oh well, it's just capitalism anyway. If companies want to offshore their wfh jobs then so be it. Good for the shareholders as the tories would say
 
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