06-12-2001, 06:40 AM | #1 |
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Here's the scenario. You go to a job interview on Thursday and are given the job on Friday. On Monday you decide you deserve a £47k pay rise so you award it to yourself. 'It can't happen!' you say. Well that is what Tony Blair, our illustrious Prime Minister, has done. Just to make things worse he has given all of his ministers a huge rise as well. Now where was that in his manifesto?
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06-12-2001, 06:42 AM | #2 | |
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06-12-2001, 07:02 AM | #3 |
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Don't get me wrong, I don't support Labour and I think they're crap. However, remember that they refused their full pay entitlement over the previous 4 years
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06-12-2001, 07:24 AM | #5 |
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What about performance related pay for ministers????
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06-12-2001, 07:38 AM | #6 |
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I have to say, I'm only 16 and my family support Labour. And Mr.Blair didn't accept his full pay rise,so I think he mite be entitled to it this year.
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The ministers would end up owing US!!! . Do something for our country? They only buggered up the NHS, the police, the transport system (I can non longer take a single bus to work. I now have to do bus AND tram - which is over double the fares), and the schools (several have closed). Petrol went up a ton so I can no longer afford to drive to work. They let thousands of immigrants in the country and gave them free housing/cars/spending money (whereas people like myself are struggling to keep the bills in our own homes), they increased taxes 45 times, they reneged on the fox-hunting ban, etc. Oh, and they taxed everything people on better salaries have. My personal pension plan now gets taxed, company cars get taxed, gifts from your employer get taxed. . What will they do this time? Tax our sandwich trolley facilities at work? ------------------ In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is pimp. http://lordraptor0.tripod.com/index.html |
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06-12-2001, 08:25 AM | #9 |
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Yes, I left out the bit about not accepting the rise for the past 4 years. What has made me angry is the timing. Why not last week, or even last year?
SirT, performance related pay for ministers is a great idea! How much does Keith Vaz owe us now? For the sake of balance I have another anagram. Virginia Bottomley is an anagram of 'I'm an evil Tory bigot' ------------------ Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas |
06-12-2001, 08:28 AM | #10 |
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I can't stand the arrogance of these people - not to give too much away, but I will be voting for Portillo (no flames ).
To be fair this wasn't a pay rise, but just taking his actual salary. The analogy is more like get given a pay rise, 4 years later actually take it. Also I think it's extremely underpaid, considering the amount he could earn, even as an arrogant hypocrite (advertising exec..?) and still less than his wife. Also, it's hardly a lot in the grand scale of things. Still, this time in 5 years when I'm part of the European Republic and obeying nightly curfew, whilst visiting only authorised web sites I'll say I told you so. |
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