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If I may come out, I have done away with my mask for almost 2 weeks now and to my astonishment/disappointment nobody seems to be paying the slightest attention to it.

Anyway, masks in school are obscene and feel sorry for my kid who is forced to wear one. I wonder what would happen if she didn't...

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Stephen , on another topic . Perhaps , if you have the time , you might attempt the definitive version of what happens to the State Pension in the event of Scottish Independence. I ask because there seems to be many mixed messages on social media etc …

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For info on pensions look for the Free Irish State settlement, in short the then UK's assets and liabilities were divided between IFS, NI and rest of UK. From day one the existing old age pension was the IFS's responsibility. To keep a balanced budget they reduced the pension. NI got into the same issue but a subsidy from rUK kept the pension at the rUK rate.

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