Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jonathon Bartley is the Green Candidate - he is > the co chair of the Greens. This was announced on > TV last week. The original LD candidate elected is > now standing for Lewisham East > > More employers should offer flexi hours or job > shares. I remember during a transport strike many > years ago I offered to work from 11 am - 7 pm at > my office (I was a car driver) which enabled me to > see callers/staff. This only lasted during the > strike period but my boss was very happy to know > that he could offer a good 'customer service' > > In my professional life, we were allowed to work > from home - especially if we had lots of report > writing, many of us had our professional data base > uploaded to our home laptops/computers and some > had a works mobile phone. I would rather a more > flexible working contract to a 4 day week. > > As a professional worker - our department had to > operate a 7 day working week with core hours being > 9 - 5. Staff offered or were specifically > appointed to do Friday - Monday (with the option > of an additional day) Many of my Mon - Fri > colleagues opted to do the weekends for travelling > reasons (less crowded trains/roads) less incoming > calls allowing them to concentrate, more options > of seeing clients/family members who would > normally be working during the week) > > Proportional Representation would give a more > balanced political scene - depends to the type of > PR as to how this would work i.e overall national > votes giving x number of MPs from each party, or > voting for individual candidate and then > additional MPs depending on percentage of votes. I was interested to see this seat in the remain alliance targets, does anyone have a view as to why the Greens are targeting this one in particular? seat.