And we will all struggle to fill in the large increase in free time."

Does anyone else remember crap like that?

Reality - as women's wages increase and drag men's down, what has happened is that families are now forced to have both partners working, leaving precious little free time to raise kids, relax after making dinner, tidying up, homework etc.

Emails and all this communicationalism is making us work longer hours and not get paid for it either.

Socially people are less conneted to their friends and family so this email/mobile/text network has filled the gap. Many of these people are feeling a sense of "something missing" when on holiday, and are filling it with the same old junk mails.

Still, just how long can anyone lie by a pool, relax and get skin cancer?

Nothing seethes paranoia more than the "He who smelt it, dealt it" dogma. 

European Unionists in France have redefined the work ethic. Perhaps colleagues in rainy Britain can TUC on their terms. 

According to PM, Gordon Brown, "We must set a national priority to aggressively and relentlessly develop the potential of the British people”. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4193223.ece

"Stay Alert! Trust No One! Keep Your Laser Handy!" Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Shot. 
"Trust The Computer. The Computer is Your Friend." Failure to be happy is punishable by summary execution.

Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care.
Eight days a week
at counting wobbly sheep, 
leads ewe to utter bedlamb.