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Barry Phillips Smith

I've been pondering the argument given by to the yesterday, especially the bit about the leaving event for a member of staff, with , where the seemed to be that it's traditional to toast a team member at a .

This must irk a lot of people.

Me, my brother, my mother and all my mother's friends who couldn't have the and wake she would have loved in normal times - a proper send-off. The sitting alone in her . The millions of people who couldn't be at a bedside in those final moments. All those "traditional" things, missed.

But it's essential to toast a leaving colleague. Who the f**k does he think he is? What planet does he live on?

Can we please have socially responsible governance of this country from now on?

Mar 23, 2023, 09:36 · · · Web · 17 · 18

@bps_artish But what he didn’t say, was that this colleague left a MONTH later…😡