Saturday 6th January - Emotional Intelligence and New Year messaging

Many Thanks to Leonie for stepping in to chair as I had mic problems- I chip in an afterword. This week Graham's citation of Daniel Goleman in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/daniel-goleman-why-societys-emotional-intelligence-is-under-threat-v0kw9lvzj frames a discussion about The Post Office as portrayed in 'Mr bates vs' on ITV this past week, OFSTED in the Ruth Perry Case , and the appeal of three parties (including the new iteration of Reform UK) in their New Years' offering , not being all that specific - you may say 'early days', with a likely election later this year. The team also glanced at the Honours list with mixed feelings. On Goleman et al , you might want to have a look at

https://www.gallup.com/analytics/349280/gallup-global-emotions-report.aspx
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/apr/21/calm-down-dear-emotional-intelligence-psychology