The Conservative Party

[bluethrunthru]

I’m sure the TUC wouldn’t have picked a random start date for their analysis, like January 2008, just so that they could get the results they wanted.

The banking collapse and subsequent crisis slipped your mind then?

 

[Brewster's millions]

The banking collapse and subsequent crisis slipped your mind then?

Regular pay growth was very strong across financial services during the couple of years after the crisis, due to regulatory change in relation to the structure of compensation.

So including this period could actually have a big influence on the results of the study, depending on which measure of pay they are using.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Sir Laurie doesn't sound that convincing does he?

 

[bluethrunthru]

Regular pay growth was very strong across financial services during the couple of years after the crisis, due to regulatory change in relation to the structure of compensation.

So including this period could actually have a big influence on the results of the study, depending on which measure of pay they are using.

Phew - its true then - bankers didn't suffer. Probably why that chart looks like it does

 

[bluethrunthru]

absolutely useless - no plan at all just headline grabbing without thinking it through

Cruise ships set to house asylum seekers in Liverpool and Edinburgh sent back to owners after finding nowhere to dock

The vessels were expected to head to Liverpool and Edinburgh, but Sky News understands from a source that both plans have fallen through.

news.sky.com

 

[somapop]

"Stop the boats...."

https://news.sky.com/story/cruise-s...t-back-after-finding-nowhere-to-dock-12922985

 

[somapop]

absolutely useless - no plan at all just headline grabbing without thinking it through

Cruise ships set to house asylum seekers in Liverpool and Edinburgh sent back to owners after finding nowhere to dock

The vessels were expected to head to Liverpool and Edinburgh, but Sky News understands from a source that both plans have fallen through.

news.sky.com

Beat to me it pal

 

[BigJoe#1]

The Party to trust with the economy

It would be very interesting to see MP's salary up against Doctors and Nurses on this graph.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Just impound the boat and take possession of Barrowmans castle on the IOM - hold them until they refund the money with interest.

Report on PPE deal with firm linked to Tory peer criticises ‘panic-buying’

Report on company linked to Michelle Mone identifies ‘serious defects’ in government’s PPE procurement

www.theguardian.com

 

[Brewster's millions]

Phew - its true then - bankers didn't suffer. Probably why that chart looks like it does

And why they chose that period, in order to bias the result.