"Let's get something straight right at the outset: The idea of banning working from home is not merely daft, not a bit ill-advised, but a spectacular, full-on intellectual car crash wearing a stupid hat. And the fact that this notion is being flirted with seriously in political circles tells you everything you need to know about how out of touch this country's Westminster bubble has become."
"I've argued that work isn't a location; it's a thing you do. Deadlines don't care about Tube strikes. Creativity doesn't flourish because you've got a corner desk with a view of Canary Wharf. Pencils don't write better in the City. And yet here we are, in 2026, watching the same fossils who championed touchdown desks as if they were a breakthrough in human civilisation roll out the same old chestnuts about presenteeism,"
Banning working from home is described as daft, ill-advised, and a spectacular intellectual mistake. Remote work is framed as a practical way to get tasks done rather than a luxury. Deadlines and productivity are presented as unaffected by physical office presence, and creativity is not tied to city corner desks. The persistence of arguments for presenteeism and mandatory desk-time is criticized as retrograde. The political inclination to ban remote working is presented as evidence of a disconnected Westminster mindset. Media snapshots of home offices are characterized as misleading caricatures of remote work.
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