Has anyone else noticed a growing phenomenon of people using their mobile phones like walkie-talkies? In other words, they switch the phone onto ‘speaker’ and then talk into it like you could a dictaphone, as opposed to holding it up to your ear. It’s an exceptionally annoying habit. Not only do you get to listen… Continue reading The Speaker Phone Menace
Month: November 2006
Fat cats and liberals
Why am I so troubled by this report about how much the directors of the biggest companies in the UK are being paid? Two disturbing figures: 1. Directors pay in the biggest firms has gone up by 102.2% since 2000 while the average pay of their employees has risen 28.6%. 2. Half of FTSE350 directors… Continue reading Fat cats and liberals
Have a pop at Polly
Polly Toynbee is really starting to depress me. The fact that a member of the aristocracy actually gets paid to write, week after week, about the need for the government to intervene on absolutely everything, is quite remarkable. She is beginning to eclipse any attempts at parody. Today, she writes a heartfelt paean to the… Continue reading Have a pop at Polly