to think some people would be weirdly excited if WFH came to an end?

[LoveWFH]

Why do some posters sound almost delighted at the thought of Nigel Farage stopping WFH?

There’s this tone of “that’ll teach them” whenever it comes up. As if people working from home have been getting away with something.

Here’s the practical bit though. My company couldn’t bring everyone back full time even if it wanted to. They’ve sold off chunks of the office space. Whole buildings gone. Desks gone. Leases not renewed. There literally isn’t room for everyone anymore.

Hybrid working isn’t some trendy phase. It’s how a lot of businesses are set up now. They’ve planned for it. Budgeted for it. Recruited around it.

You can’t magically create space that no longer exists.

If you prefer being in the office, fair enough. Plenty of people do. But I don’t get the satisfaction at the idea of other people losing flexibility that works for them and their employer.

Completely agree. DH and I both work hybrid and there are murmurings at his workplace about taking away WFH days. He has no issue going into the office when there is service user facing work to be done but equally a lot of his work is taken up by recording things, emails and triaging referral to the service based on paperwork - all of which he is much more efficient from at home.

He works longer hours at home as well because he will be much more inclined to stay on and finish something when wfh compared to staying an extra 15 minutes at the office adding 30 minutes to his commute.

WFH allows you to live your life AND work. It benefits women, neurodivergent people, people with chronic health conditions, or people who like us who live in a small semi rural town where unless you are a doctor or an accountant, professional people will have to commute to the nearest city.

I travel to locations for work which I don’t mind and I enjoy seeing different places and don’t mind the driving as it’s part of my work day. But if I’m concentrating on some administrative stuff I need to be at home with my multiple screens, and no one wittering on about what they did at the weekend.

Most of the wait times aren't to do with wfh in call centres, its to do with the fact they're massively reduced their workforce to save money. I've worked in several wfh call centre jobs, the restrictions are high and there is software that records your every minute, you can't just pop off to the loo you have to log it.

God…I’ll struggle, what with my colleagues being in Portugal, Bulgaria, USA.
The man is an idiot.

I think a lot of people do this. They save money on childcare etc. However how do you look aftera child and work eg if in a meeting or on a call?
When i worked from home, I found it so hard with people knocking or my dog barking etc. With kids as well i can imagine it more stressful!

I do think overall WFH is great. Especially for women, people with health issues and those with kids or dogs. I do get a bit jealous of my neighbour in the freezing cold etc when I am up and out at 7am. Bit not enough to want to stop it for others.

They don't care really if people WFH imo. It's the knock on. Office space rentals, coffee shops/cafe's near offices. All bring in cash for the gov.

But, WFA is a really good work/life balance. My OH would rather leave his job if he has to drive an hour every morning and an hour back - and that's the bare minimum as the motorway often has hold ups and accidents. I've known it for him to take 6hrs to get home before now.

And before anyone says anything, he works harder at home, often working his lunch, he works in the eve too if needs to catch up on something important and he works better without all the chit chat in the office. It really does suit some people really well and not all take the mick.

Anyone might think that Farage is adopting policies only to benefit his rich financial backers, surely not?

> Of course NF and his backers

I'm old enough that NF has a completely different meaning for me

(Well ... maybe not that different ... )

> Would your only option be to find another job?

Obviously not - you have the option to wfh

You also might be able to rent office space for e.g. team meetings on an ad hoc basis

People just really hate other people getting something they don't or something that makes them a bit happier. Jane sitting in her cubicle doesn't give a shit about the sandwich shop over the road, she just feart of missing out.

WFH meant I could increase my hours which means I have more money to spend, as a pleb who doesn't have enough to hoard. That money goes right back into the economy. Without WFH I would still be working restricted hours on less money - if I had been able to keep working at all. So forcing me back into an office doesn't benefit the sandwich shop over the road anyway.

Any Government’s priority should be getting people working to manage the benefits bill. Not dictating how taxpayers and their employers structure their working arrangements - particularly not private sector employers.

I just cannot see how they can justify concerning themselves with this given the economic difficulties facing the country. Taxpayers are a scarce resource.

Nigel is definitely not trying to detract from the fact he has been found in the 3pstien files. Nothing to see. Move along.

Your assuming a reform government next ..
If labour get their finger out and crack down ,that may not happen.
It's only reform saying this rubbish,and they are not in government yet , hopefully not at all

I've no skin in the game re working from home
But personally if it takes more cars of the roads ,that's got to be a good thing .

My DH's company is now like this. There is not enough physical space to accommodate everyone as many people are on hybrid or fully remote contracts and there are more staff than spaces in the office for them.

Like most of the things Nigel Farage says I suspect it is just a lot of hot air. He can't dictate how a business operates at the end of the day, especially in the private sector.

Some people have a race to the bottom mentality and if they see somethng as a benefit they dont have they are quick to crow when it goes or are vocal while it remains. I can't wfh in my job but never begrudge those who do.

Its like when funded nursery hours came in for more people when their child was younger and those who had unfortunately had to pay for private nursery til age 3 prior to the new way were furious that people benefited from new rules when they'd had to pay. Race to the bottom mentality is rife.

What a weird comment 'try to contact someone through customer services 9am or 3pm'

What customer services? There's no national or international 'customer services'. There's customer services for numerous organisations and companies so which ones are you talking about?

And are you talking about an NHS organisation where you missed an important procedure? because you couldn't hear because dogs were barking? it's very rare NHS admin are calling from home to arrange an appt but if they are, they also send texts, emails. letters..how did you miss those?

And if you really felt you couldn't hear a word and didn't receive any texts, emails or letters. why didn't you call the dept and say that?

People really do make up the most silly stories.

all my local councils have sold off their office spaces. They are already going bankrupt so not sure how that will work out.

I love this for him.

My neighbours have a house in France and were holidaying there during the referendum. They didn’t arrange for absentee ballots, and missed the election/didn’t vote. They were counting on the rest of us to have their best interests at heart.

The best one by far was a market stall florist who was interviewed on the BBC. He gets his stock from Holland, and was upset about the difficulties he was now facing. He voted for Brexit.

Might not be just the Epstein files he's trying to distract from.

There was a VERY interesting parliamentary committee session on Monday responding to "e-petition 744215 relating to Russian influence on UK politics and democracy."

It's regarding Reform.

I knew about former Reform leader for Wales, Nathan Gill, being convicted for treachery on behalf of Russia. I didn't know about all the other links, especially the financial ones and Reform's enthusiasm for untraceable donations.

Full transcript here:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-02-09/debates/F9F28AFA-E1F3-449C-B18B-63DDCABC411E/RussianInfluenceOnUKPoliticsAndDemocracy

That debate is also viewable on YouTube.

E-petition debate relating to Russian influence on UK politics & democracy - Monday 9 February 2026.
https://www.youtube.com/live/BXlk5ufZTDM

My workplace is completely virtual- there’s no office to go to. And that won’t change no matter what Nige or the anti-wfh nutters on MN want

the government can only mandate where government employees go to work.

Yes, there's probably some truth to this. I've come across people, of a wide variety of ages actually, who've blocked out the 2010s reduction of in person services because they were being delivered remotely by people who were usually in the same room as each other.

I do think some people might benefit from knowing how much more they'd have to pay if they wanted more in person or even just in office services. Then preferences can be an informed decision. In most online discussion, I've noticed it doesn't usually go down well when people are asked how much more they'd be willing to pay in order to secure more in person customer service and the like. Maybe there'd be general benefit to a greater understanding of this.

If the child is a school refuser then of course a parent is going to need to stay home with them, so those statistics would be nonsensical. You’re making some massive leaps there without any data to back it up.

For someone who bangs on about red tape and bureaucracy it seems really hypocritical to be advocating for a big government approach that would dictate the terms of individual workers employment.

It's almost like his beliefs and policies are not held in goodfaith and he's really just trying to harness meaningless culture war anger