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So not me!

I'm opting for a natural burial (simple degradable coffin natch), plus native English tree and a few birdboxes . With luck, the birds'll provide continuing music!

The site's in a large, peaceful rural lanscape close to Leicester. Eventually the green fields will be more wooded but there are no individual grave markers or anything else to indicate it's a burial place ... which is good because I really don't like crematoria.

Yes, you can and will. Rooting for you.

Go for it, girl!

Look forward to your next post saying the dreaded weed is binned, your food already tastes better and it's so nice not smelling stale smoke on your hair and clothes.

Have you already decided what treats you're going to give yourself with your new savings?

The odd thing is that they can't claim they weren't told. Every time local authorities warn free car parking's about to end, the local shops complain they'll lose trade ... and they do.

Suspect Group 4 etc will do an absolutely splendid job of transforming your low risk petty offenders into high end threats and new business for you Sharpink! thumbsdownthumbsdown

All best wishes.

Great news!

The way I see it, the old redundancy limits directed the initial pain towards those less likely to suffer because they have broader "shoulders" (most businesses have more money and more secure finances than the individuals who'll lose their jobs). That strikes me as being ethically right.

The businesses don't usually suffer much financially from an enforced pause in their redundancy programmes while the redundees gain a short breathing space to start job search, sort out their finances and find out about how to claim unemployment pay.

The main reason behind a longer redundancy limit, though, is to provide all parties with a chance to consider alternatives to job loss (eg working reduced hours, finding new jobs for employees at sister companies and the like). Germany uses this approach, I think.

The ghastly colour was a joke, right???

They're already doing a lot worse, in so many policy areas.

Most MPs are now from too narrow and privileged social, educational and work backgrounds. They've never personally experienced how hard, tiring and frightening life is for the vast majority of voters (those totally dependent on low to average salaries, doing insecure jobs and renting their homes).

MPs are far too complacent about their skill sets, I feel. They don't seem aware they're doing (badly) a job that's been dumbed down into what is essentially a junior office manager's job, for twice the pay that job's worth.

Should I put this in the rants section Steve???