I saw an article on that book this morning and thought "At last"! I would have the limit at £50 million. No one can reasonably need more than that. And if you do have more, you almost certainly accumulated it by exploitation of others and resources.
The discouraging thing is Starmer and Reeves have both just been to Davos. 👎
An Act to reform the law of England and Wales relating to Sunday trading; to make provision as to the rights of shop workers under the law of England and Wales in relation to Sunday working; and for connected purposes.
It would be possible to retain the right of workers not to work on Sunday without a senseless restriction on opening hours. Shops with restrictions generally open either 10 -4 or 11-5. That stops people attending any morning service, and there are plenty of people with either no religious beliefs, or beliefs which are not affected by Sunday working.
To be fair, my understanding is (and my memory from back when the Sunday Trading Law was changed) that the idea was to protect employees who may want to attend church from pressure by employers to work instead.
I was a garden centre manager in the mid 80s when Sunday Trading was debated and I distinctly remember the CoE vociferously opposing it. ( Bishops in the Lords ) At the time Scotland had had unrestricted Sunday trading for about 50 years and shop workers managed to go to church. No provision was made for Jews to attend their services on Saturdays, or for Muslims to attend their services on Fridays. We had folk , mainly mothers, who only worked on Sundays ( when husbands could look after kids for the day and Mothers could get away from house , kids and earn some money whilst mixing with adults ) When the councils were enforcing Sunday closures, they all lost their jobs.
My partner's mother was a devout catholic and she always went to church on a weekday evening (I think it was Friday, but not sure). If she went on a Sunday it was pretty early in the morning, something like 8am. I remember staying at their house when we were first going out together and she'd be back from church before we were up on a Sunday morning.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
My partner's mother was a devout catholic and she always went to church on a weekday evening (I think it was Friday, but not sure). If she went on a Sunday it was pretty early in the morning, something like 8am. I remember staying at their house when we were first going out together and she'd be back from church before we were up on a Sunday morning.
Exactly, back in the day, in Scotland, when I used to go to church, I worked every Sunday, but managed to get to church as well.
My dad was complaining about the moles in his garden on Sunday. Later on I helped him dig up some holly seedlings to replant in his gappy hedge but when we went to heel them into pots as temporary homes he found he had no compost. I went to the mole hills and got enough perfectly tilled soil to keep them happy until they've recovered. He still won't concede that they're useful pests to have around. I bet they're doing a great job draining the garden in all this rain too.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Trading_Act_1994
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
At the time Scotland had had unrestricted Sunday trading for about 50 years and shop workers managed to go to church.
No provision was made for Jews to attend their services on Saturdays, or for Muslims to attend their services on Fridays.
We had folk , mainly mothers, who only worked on Sundays ( when husbands could look after kids for the day and Mothers could get away from house , kids and earn some money whilst mixing with adults )
When the councils were enforcing Sunday closures, they all lost their jobs.