Insane.
You would imagine Starmer would be earning a fair amount more if not in politics.I would assume he meant that he wasn't a 'careerist' politician like Starmer and most others... which he wasn't/isn't.
I don't have a problem with Sue Gray getting paid the maximum she is entitled to get. I am surprised that the PMs salary is so relatively low, and the job should be better paid. And maybe his wife should get expenses if she is acting in a public capacity. But he shouldn't be accepting personal freebies like this.The feelings of entitlement from them is so insane it’s almost like a work of art.
I don't have a problem with Sue Gray getting paid the maximum she is entitled to get. I am surprised that the PMs salary is so relatively low, and the job should be better paid. And maybe his wife should get expenses if she is acting in a public capacity. But he shouldn't be accepting personal freebies like this.
I don't have a problem with Sue Gray getting paid the maximum she is entitled to get. I am surprised that the PMs salary is so relatively low, and the job should be better paid. And maybe his wife should get expenses if she is acting in a public capacity. But he shouldn't be accepting personal freebies like this.
I don't have a problem with Sue Gray getting paid the maximum she is entitled to get. I am surprised that the PMs salary is so relatively low, and the job should be better paid. And maybe his wife should get expenses if she is acting in a public capacity. But he shouldn't be accepting personal freebies like this.
I mean low relative to other senior public roles. Not just compared to Sue Gray.He’s living rent free and gets gifted mansions to holiday in. He’s paid more than her.
The low salary 'worked' when you had incredibly wealthy aristocrats in the role, or Walpole embezzling the country's wealth, or the embodiment of 'good chaps' like Eden and Macmillan.I don't have a problem with Sue Gray getting paid the maximum she is entitled to get. I am surprised that the PMs salary is so relatively low, and the job should be better paid. And maybe his wife should get expenses if she is acting in a public capacity. But he shouldn't be accepting personal freebies like this.
This is incredible.
I read the other day that the PMs pay in 1937 inflation adjusted, was something like £500k in today's money.The low salary 'worked' when you had incredibly wealthy aristocrats in the role, or Walpole embezzling the country's wealth, or the embodiment of 'good chaps' like Eden and Macmillan.
Any salary increase for ministers must be coupled with a ban on these 'gifts' and also a ban on political lobbying. I wouldn't mind seeing public funding of parties (extending Short money) and a ban on big donations too.
What’s this even supposed to mean?
We have been for years.
We currently have a housing minister whose sole experience of anything to do with housing is living in one.
A Home Secretary whose career consists of two years as a journalist.
A Chancellor who did a couple of years at the Bank of England and once had an interview (!) at Goldman Sachs.
A Defence Secretary who has only ever seen the military on TV shows.
A health secretary whose experience of the NHS is as a patient.
Schools minister who hasn't been in one since she was a pupil.
And so on. Then we wonder why these people are so hopeless. Very few know anything about the area their department works in.
They're far from perfect but compare that to the US:
Schools minister who actually was a school teacher and then a headmaster.
A Chancellor who spent a career at the Fed. Previous ones have been heads of major banks.
A 4 star General as a Defence Secretary.
For the most part the big jobs go to those with real experience in the area they're being asked to lead.
800k in 1937 when it was introduced. It wasn't increased until the 1960s. There also isn't a clear record of who did and didn't claim it all, but I have read that Macmillan and Douglas-Home did not, due to them being astonishingly wealthy to start with.I read the other day that the PMs pay in 1937 inflation adjusted, was something like £500k in today's money.
You would imagine Starmer would be earning a fair amount more if not in politics.
Not even seen them win a trophy for all that either.£35,000 in just football tickets is truly insane
Not even seen them win a trophy for all that either.
The annoying Tory lady is correct. For the hours she worked at McDonald’s she was working class.What’s this even supposed to mean?
Yeah. Tax haven based hedge funds should not be able to donate to political parties. But starmer welcomes them.
He's boris johnson with a better hairdresser.
‘I’m selling 35 of my 65 rental homes – this is only the beginning under Labour’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buy-to-let/selling-35-rental-homes-labour-not-only-one/
Such a shame that 35 houses will no longer exist‘I’m selling 35 of my 65 rental homes – this is only the beginning under Labour’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buy-to-let/selling-35-rental-homes-labour-not-only-one/
The annoying Tory lady is correct. For the hours she worked at McDonald’s she was working class.
It's terrible that under the Labour policy of doing nothing to help people, Landlords are going to have to investigate damp and mould and pest infestations within 14 days.‘I’m selling 35 of my 65 rental homes – this is only the beginning under Labour’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buy-to-let/selling-35-rental-homes-labour-not-only-one/
Did her family go bankrupt and move to a worse area, then she was forced to get a job at McDonalds to pay towards the house or was she just doing it for pocket money and she could quit happily at any time with resources to protect her lifestyle at home?
You actually believe that!?!?!The annoying Tory lady is correct. For the hours she worked at McDonald’s she was working class.
You actually believe that!?!?!
So what, she's working class during the shift from 08:00-17:00 and then middle class from 17:01-07:59 when she's off the clock?
Would that also work if you went to Eton but worked part-time at Pret-a-Manger?
Or so-called 'hazards' which the story insists on using quote marks for.It's terrible that under the Labour policy of doing nothing to help people, Landlords are going to have to investigate damp and mould and pest infestations within 14 days.
“Those are my principles and if you don’t like them, well, I have others “And how much is Tony Blair earning nowadays? It isn’t just about a PM salary.
Starmer is a careerist because he lacks principles and his politics are entirely malleable to whatever is expedient at a given time.
When the rich are having to sell their kidneys, then they have a right to complain.‘I’m selling 35 of my 65 rental homes – this is only the beginning under Labour’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buy-to-let/selling-35-rental-homes-labour-not-only-one/
Anyone that holds an S&P 500 tracker fund in their ISA has 'links to fossil fuels, arms manufacturers and private health companies' by that same logic. As for the Caymans, it's a British Overseas Territory- we moan about these tax havens, but we're the masters of creating them.
I'm just pointing out that the attack line they're using is weak. The whole party donor scheme is grubby as hell, not denying that, but branding a quant fund an arms and oil merchant is a tad hysterical.Are these people also specifically residing in the cayman islands to avoid UK tax?
They don't want to pay in, but are happy to buy policy to benefit them. They are laughing at you, and the response is
'please sir can I have some more'
Get some self respect lad.
It's insane how much it costs to watch villa in the champions league£35,000 in just football tickets is truly insane
I'm just pointing out that the attack line they're using is weak. The whole party donor scheme is grubby as hell, not denying that, but branding a quant fund an arms and oil merchant is a tad hysterical.
Cayman is favoured by hedge funds cos it has more relaxed regulations than say the EU, eg on leverage and concentration risk. The hedgies will still be subject to tax on their money in whatever jurisdiction they live in.
I'm just pointing out that the attack line they're using is weak. The whole party donor scheme is grubby as hell, not denying that, but branding a quant fund an arms and oil merchant is a tad hysterical.
Cayman is favoured by hedge funds cos it has more relaxed regulations than say the EU, eg on leverage and concentration risk. The hedgies will still be subject to tax on their money in whatever jurisdiction they live in.