Does he pay for a season ticket? That would seem a reasonable compromise, he is then paying what anyone else would. He could also say that he will reimburse the cost of food and drink. Similarly, I h… (View Post)

Not all public sector workers get automatic pay uplifts, DWP is on spot salaries, for example. Yes we get greater holiday entitlement, but if your wages go up by 5% then surely the cost of your annua… (View Post)

The public sector are mostly administrators, who don't tend to get paid minimum wage. Most "industrial" civil servants have been outsourced. Our cleaner and security guards, for example, wo… (View Post)

Surely if your company pension contributions are paid as a percentage of salary, your pension has increased at the same rate. Ditto, as I am in the public sector, my sick pay and annual leave entitle… (View Post)

Americans don't have electric kettles. Partly because they don't drink tea, and partly because at 110v they would take forever to boil (View Post)