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I thought it was the teachers and their unions who don't want schools to restart?

It's not just "here". French Unis are doing the same - https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-05-19/What-s-next-for-France-s-university-students-left-in-COVID-19-limbo--QCCwgtbeaA/index.html

DLR's are a classic example of unforeseen consequences. As are those that come on automatically in the dark. Just makes people lazy and stops them thinking. Which leads to cars being driven about without adequate lights in poor visibility such as fog, dawn/dusk etc.

We didn't need to wear masks early on, because we shouldn't have been going out except for essential shopping or essential work etc. Far fewer people out and about so pretty pointless wearing a mask if the 2 metre social distancing was being complied with. From Monday, we're in a completely...

Surely the answer is not to go shopping at the last minute in the first place. Christmas Eve is always a busy time. We go about a week before for non perishables and then 2 or 3 days before for fresh produce (fruit, veg, meat etc). We've not been shopping anywhere on Christmas Eve for about...

It's easier to get people to comply if everyone has to do it. Right at the start, we tried telling people with symptoms to self isolate - many didn't. We told people to wash their hands regularly - many didn't. We told people to catch coughs and sneezes and not to spit - many didn't! We told...

Similar happens with "One Stop" privately owned convenience stores as "One Stop" wholesalers/supply chain is owned by Tesco.

That isn't the case at all. Car dealerships make their money from registration and other bonuses paid by the manufacturer. I've been the accountant for several franchised dealers over the years. They are given targets for registrations on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis - works...

Indeed it is, but hastily throwing down a few posts on random roads isn't going to do that. It's just like the council spending spree every March when they have to spend the money they've got left over - all kinds of random new signs, kerb lowering, road markings etc in pretty obscure places...

Did you miss the fact that some hospitals were reporting up to 40% staff absence back in March and that the NHS was close to collapse. That's WHY the lockdown was needed. The virus spreads exponentially. If precautions are lifted too soon, we'll be back where we were and have to do the whole...

I think the same could be said of the NHS which likewise seems to have been like a holiday for staff not directly involved with Covid.

But it's seldom the "local" firms that get public sector contracts - it's usually the national firms like Serco etc because they have entire depts set up to do the "box ticking" loved by public sector procurement.

I'd say that those jobs you mention ARE worth having so I agree with you as long as they're done properly and for the long term. I suspect, however, that local councils would go down the "subbie" route and subcontract it out to people who don't give a stuff and do exactly what you say - do the...

They want our money to support their tourist economy - they'll find ways of making it possible!

Exactly. We really don't want to go down the "one man digs a hole, another fills it in again" mentality of paying people for work that really doesn't need doing. We've already started seeing in with our local council. They got a grant from Govt to create cycle lanes (like all LAs). Rather...

I think that boat sailed a few decades ago. I used to be in the police in the 80s and we were told in no uncertain terms not to go near certain locations where a certain demographic of person lived nor to try to enforce motoring laws on the vehicles driven by that demographic of person. In...

The point is under the law as it stands today, social distancing IS required in workplaces and if it can't be achieved, then PPE needs to be worn. Social gatherings of more than x people are currently banned. Who knows what the law will be in October? Any employer forcing their staff to work...

Employers (inc unis) have a legal obligation re the health & safety of their employees. They have to provide a safe environment and that may include working from home etc which is presumably what they're doing. If some of their employees are vulnerable, then they can't be forced to work in a...

How about the teachers, admin staff, lab staff, support staff etc? I doubt that any university can operate by using only "young and healthy" staff. Do you really expect your vulnerable teachers/lecturers and other staff to risk their life for you?

There are certainly some parts of the railway that need upgrading and it would be a good time to do it - potentially lots of unemployed and also less busy railways. I'm thinking lots of small scale improvements, such as lengthening stations which have only relatively recently been shortened -...