What do you make of the 'Alistair Darling' & capping earnings etc?

Question

so are we all skint, or is it my imagination?

Answer 1

A lot of the reason we are in an inflationary spiral are the stealth taxes this government has brought in that have pushed up living costs in the first place.  It is this government's policies that have created the situation we are in.

Answer 2

That's right, Mr Darling, who needs a wage rise? I mean, it's not as if prices of food, fuel, clothes etc are going up at all is it?

Inflation isn't at its highest level for 11 years is it?

Will he be practising what he preaches, and refusing the pay rise MPs have recently awarded themselves?

Answer 3

just to let you all know not all scots are retarded aseholes like the labour loonies that are in charges the now. but a very long tongue is a major asset

Answer 4

Like most politicians he lives in a dream world. I can't see company boardrooms lifting their noses out of the trough too much.

Besides which their lucrative pay and pensions were probably agreed (by their fellow board members of course!), years ago, before this happened.

If their companies refused to pay quoting Darling's call for 'restraint', they'd be in court for breach of contract before you could say Cherie Blair!

Usual hot air like most politicians. You notice that those who give this sort of advice are usually comfortably off. Don't forget MP's also sit on company boards and benefit from these lucrative contracts....hypocrisy me thinks...!?

Answer 5

Didn't work before and it won't wwrk now. welcome to a winter of discontent

Answer 6

I will happily take a pay cap if I can claim the expenses that our MP's get!

Answer 7

Hi heidi,

It's hard to take him serious when they've just awarded themselves £40 per week rise - perhaps that's why he's asking for us to initiate retraint? - so they can get even more?