I am reading it - and disagreeing fundamentally with it. Do you agree that lowering the wages of those who are doing menial work is bad for those doing menial work? Do you agree that investment needs… (View Post)

It does not need "the best", especially when it is funded by law and not by subscribers or advertising. I suspect most people who watch Match of the Day do so because they want to watch the… (View Post)

Which is why I said "with the requisite skills". That doesn't mean writing a blank cheque to the highest bidder, or incumbent. Would replacing Gary Lineker with many of the thousands o… (View Post)

We should pay a market rate I agree. Put the job out to tender annually and hire the person (with the requisite skills) with the lowest demand. (View Post)

If they were in a market for talent then salaries would be 90% lower. The market rate is that such that supply and demand are in equilibrium. It is not writing a blank cheque to the highest bidder, b… (View Post)