It's not really of being with or against my belief. Just an acceptance that other people have different beliefs and respecting that. Dave Allen: Goodnight, thank you, and may your God go with you

Why is going at a Carol concert a problem? I am not long back from abroad where (as a Christian) I was absolutely delighted to join in the local Diwali celebrations, joined in with a family for a ceremony honouring Ganesha (the Elephant-headed God) as a precursor to a family wedding, followed by Garba dancing and then at the Hindu wedding ceremony itself and the reception afterwards. I happily join in with New Year celebrations, be they Gregorian, Christian, Hindu, Jewish etc. I do admit I have a bit of a problem with ritual sacrifice and mutilation, but that is about as far as it goes. As for being offfered alcohol - well, you don't have to accept it. To quote Dave Berry: In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'

A clse relative works in the UK for a UK arm of a multinational. I know that, for fear of litigation, many companies will not provide any reference other than confirming the person worked for them from XX/XX/XX to YY/YY/YY, in such-and-such a position. This company is really risk averse. does exactly that. What has happened now, is that in the annual performance reviews, the person being reviewed is expected to approach their peers - via an online tool - for a peer appraisal, which is then recorded and used as part of his review. Question 1) What is the personal risk to someone providing a peer review and including words that could be (mis) construed as critical orf the employee? Question 2) Given his employer's attitude to not giving any references that go further than confirming employment, how does this sit with his employer expecting employees to potentially place themselves in the firing line by providing what are, essentially, references? Thanks