Of course I am going to write that I like Vince Cable’s just announced proposals for capping public sector pay rises to £400 per person. Since public sector pay makes up a quarter of all public spending, it is unrealistic to assume that it can remain unscathed. Many people in the private sector have experienced [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gordon Brown'
Time for some healthy realism on public sector pay and employment
December 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Sandy's blog
Tags:Gordon Brown·public sector pay·public sector reform·Sandy Walkington·Vince Cable
It’s enough to make you weep
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Over the last week we learnt that…
Six NHS quango heads now earn more than the Prime Minister after seeing their salaries increase by 77% in the last three years;
The plummeting stock market and plunging house prices have wiped out £1.2 trillion of Britain’s national wealth;
Three hundred and thirty nine BBC staff members earn salaries in [...]
Tags:BBC·Gordon Brown·house prices·MOD·mortgage approvals·NHS·Royal Mail
Good-bye Basra
December 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
Well “the mission” is complete, troops out by next May. What an appalling disaster the whole Iraq fiasco of Mr Blair and Mr Brown has been- and lets not forget that the Conservatives were right up there as cheerleaders.
Far too little credit has been given to Charles Kennedy and Ming Campbell for standing up against [...]