I worked for BA in various locations at Hatton Cross for many years. When the tube to LHR opened we all trooped out to see the Queen open it. She waved rather glumly at us as she swept past but her face lit up when she got out of her car and saw a party of schoolkids waiting for her.
Yes it has. Though I enjoyed the timely 'Yes Minister' clip on smoking bans that someone posted just now.
Masterclasses in description, indeed.
I do not care for the idolization of fast feedback loops that's taken over the software development world. Not because fast feedback loops are bad, but because turning them into idols makes us devalue things where fast feedback loops are neither possible nor necessarily desirable.
Agree. I bumped into Grieve once during the Brexit period and complimented him on the splendid speech he'd just given. He was charmingly modest, thanking me for coming.
It was the one describing the family experience of Covid giving a clear impression they were at home in London rather than somewhere else (i.e.Durham) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Public complain to Ipso about Mary Wakefield’s Spectator column describing ‘emerging into London lockdown’
Does Cummings's wife still work there? I used to buy it occasionally to get out of my liberal bubble, but I thought that the article she wrote in lockdown in the special anniversary edition was so outrageously misleading I vowed I wouldn't buy it again if she was still there.
As a Lib Dem member, I didn't feel very well equipped to vote for a leader. However I did find the last EU elections quite satisfying, as I went through all the candidates statements/social media feeds and ranked them, and my highest choices were at the top of the list and got elected.
I firmly believe party leaders should be elected by MPs, not members. The Tory system gave us Ian Duncan Smith instead of Ken Clarke as well.
I did not know that! I still have my mum's copy of 'The I hate to Housekeep' book which is both entertaining and very practical.