We had planned a fairly important meeting at our Leeds office today which affected staff in South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.

We cancelled it.

Because the staff couldn't get in to the office, up to 50 miles away?

No, because most of the staff are primary carers of their children and most of the schools shut at short notice.

So, it isn't just school kids and teachers affected then.

Pillock here drove even further than they have to and ended up at the office playing Billy No Mates with a couple of fellow blokes who aren't primary carers of their kids.

Not making a statement one way or another. If it was appropriate to shut the schools and appropriate to make that decision as necessary rather than by policy beforehand, then so be it. The knock on effect says something about how society has changed over the years though. When I had young kids, the thought of shut school affecting a wage earner in the house was to say the least rare.