Tag: Parenthood

• Clowning Glory

  

  Looking at the free school meals row, you might feel that this is a classic confrontation between a government and an opposition with diametrically opposed positions on social welfare. It isn’t. It’s actually an artificial squabble for political ground that distracts from a much more damaging affliction: local government incompetence. If local government agencies had…

  Max Frances

  Oct 25, 2020

  Politics, Schools, Society

  Angela Rayner, Boris, Conservatives, Government, Keir Starmer, Labour, Local Government, Manchester United, Marcus Rashford, MBE, Parenthood, Politics, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, School Meals, Schools, Tory

• Why? Because.

  

  The current mask debate has come to epitomise the woeful society we now inhabit. Now, ever since the COVID question arose, there have been pro-maskers. After all, it is a natural response to don items of clothing for the purposes of protection against an environmental threat. A coat, a hat, a pair of gloves. Masking…

  Max Frances

  Aug 2, 2020

  Politics, Retail, Society

  Con Air, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Economy, Facemasks, Government, Parenthood, Police, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Pubs, Retail, Social Media, Terrorism, Twitter

• One for the Road

  

  More news from bonkers Britain, and this time guidelines regarding a possible two-alcoholic-drink limit on customers who are accompanied by children (i.e. anyone under the age of 16) have been uncovered at pub-cum-restaurant chain Wetherspoons. Sounds eminently reasonable to me but as you might expect, the backlash from toe rag customers has been vitriolic. It…

  Max Frances

  Jan 25, 2020

  Customer Service, Retail, Society

  Alcohol, Alcoholism, Beer, Children, Customer Experience, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, Customers, Parenthood, Pubs, Service, Service Delivery, Society, Wine