Wheel Nut:
I felt so sorry when I listened to an interview tonight, a poor badly done to primary school headmaster who only earns 37kpaHow hard can it be?
Rubbish - there is no way a Primary School Headmaster will only earn ÂŁ37k pa. The absolute bottom of scale for a Headmaster is ÂŁ43,279 and I suggest that would be for a really small village Primary School.
I wonât comment on the top-end, but this is worth a readâŚ
telegraph.co.uk/education/ed ⌠76000.html
TC
The_Catman:
Wheel Nut:
I felt so sorry when I listened to an interview tonight, a poor badly done to primary school headmaster who only earns 37kpaHow hard can it be?
Rubbish - there is no way a Primary School Headmaster will only earn ÂŁ37k pa. The absolute bottom of scale for a Headmaster is ÂŁ43,279 and I suggest that would be for a really small village Primary School.
I wonât comment on the top-end, but this is worth a readâŚ
telegraph.co.uk/education/ed ⌠76000.html
TC
I was being sarcastic, but the head teacher did mention 37k
I work for the public sector, people on this site seem to believe everything they read in the press. Local government pensions are not that great, granted they are better than private pension, they are now slightly better now they have gone to a 60th scheme(fianal salary divided by 60 multiply by years service) and I agree if the pension pot is getting smaller because people are living longer then I should pay more as its for my benefit**. However I think you are confusing local government with civil service, Police & fire service.The police have a mandatory retirement age of 55, and they get a really good pension, whats up with them working longer? The coppers I know retire on the friday and start a civvie job at the same place the following Monday!**
rob22888:
Always thought it would be awesome if all HGV drivers in the country went on strike for 24 hours over all the BS legislation that blights the industry.It would cause genuine pandemonium. Shops wouldnât get deliveries, massive losses for retailers, massive distribution back logs etc. Maybe then at the very least the 'ban lorries from the roads" & âI want to get to work 60 seconds fasterâ brigade would realise how critical we actually are when they canât pick up a loaf of bread on the way home.
You see i donât think 24 hrs would be enough last year for example scotland ground to halt for 24-48hrs literally no deliveries where getting past the central belt. What happened the following days the government suspended certain tacho law and made us work like â â â â â â â slaves to fill the shelves. The government would not allow it to happen logistics has been identified as priority one sector in the economy.
Wheel Nut:
The_Catman:
Wheel Nut:
I felt so sorry when I listened to an interview tonight, a poor badly done to primary school headmaster who only earns 37kpaHow hard can it be?
Rubbish - there is no way a Primary School Headmaster will only earn ÂŁ37k pa. The absolute bottom of scale for a Headmaster is ÂŁ43,279 and I suggest that would be for a really small village Primary School.
I wonât comment on the top-end, but this is worth a readâŚ
telegraph.co.uk/education/ed ⌠76000.html
TC
I was being sarcastic, but the head teacher did mention 37k
Sarcasm acknowleged.
Just goes to show teachers canât do mathsâŚ
TC
Some people have no sense of humour (re Clarksonsâ comments)
Some people have no sense of humour (re Clarksonsâ comments)
too right muckaway,
had to laugh listening to jeremy vine yesterday, first at that woman sonjaâ â ?. this is the same stupid â â â â â â â â they put on the air last winter to complain lorries shouldnt be on the road in bad weather as they stop her from making essential trips like going to see her mumâ â ?
then the stupid bloke who came on a compered clarksons comment to the holocuast!! now thats an insult to the peope who died or indeed survived it!
do like listening to vine though, as they have some people on there who are so far up their own arse they can lick their on tonsils!
bloke who worked in the public sector and nearly crying because the goverment had broken a promise they made when he took the job onâŚdee dums fella, youve only been doing it 4 years. i went 4 years without a pay rise, so i changed jobs so can you, oh wait even with the changes the goverment make to your pension your still on a better deal than any other job you find, so guess you will be staying there.
to the woman whos upset because her husband wont be there christmas day because hes working in a hospital, while i admire the nhs workers your argument is pathetic. im down to work christmas day and ive explained to my daughter why im working and i will make sure we have a great time when i do get home.
im sure the lads and lasses serving in the forces would love to be home with their families this year but cant, stop your moaning and be grateful your hubby will be seeing your kids some time on christmas day! some kids wont be seeing their dads at all!
Anyone who was genuinely offended by Clarksonâs comments is morose.
A 48 hour lorry strike would really shake things up 
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The_Catman:
telegraph.co.uk/education/ed ⌠76000.html
âMr Elms was paid ÂŁ231,400 with a further ÂŁ45,123 in pension contributions.â
. . . and thereâs the rub of the problem. His employers (us) pay in a further 16% of his salary into his pension pot.
In the private sector youâll be lucky to get 5%.
Stan
AndyC25:
Anyone who was genuinely offended by Clarksonâs comments is morose.A 48 hour lorry strike would really shake things up
Apparently the train drivers are on his side, although no-one else is 
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has faced a storm of protest from mental health charities after he branded people who throw themselves under trains as âselfishâ.
The 51-year-old, who was forced to apologise earlier this week after saying all striking workers should be shot, was embroiled in further controversy after he reiterated his view that those who commit suicide on railway lines cause âimmenseâ disruption for commuters.
Charities said his comments were âtastelessâ and accused him of trivialising the subject of suicide.
In his column in The Sun newspaper, Clarkson said: "I have the deepest sympathy for anyone whose life is so mangled and messed up that they believe deathâs icy embrace will be better. However, every year around 200 people decide that the best way to go is by hurling themselves in front of a speeding train. In some ways they are right. This method has a 90% success rate and itâs extremely quick.
âHowever, it is a very selfish way to go because the disruption it causes is immense. And think what itâs like for the poor train driver who sees you lying on the line and can do absolutely nothing to avoid a collision.â
Later in the article the presenter referred to those who choose to jump in front of trains as âJohnny Suicideâ and argues that following a death, trains should carry on their journeys as soon as possible.
He added: âThe train cannot be removed nor the line re-opened until all of the victimâs body has been recovered. And sometimes the head can be half a mile away from the feet. Change the driver, pick up the big bits of whatâs left of the victim, get the train moving as quickly as possible and let foxy woxy and the birds nibble away at the smaller, gooey parts that are far away or hard to find.â
Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of mental health charity Sane, said: "We are absolutely appalled that Jeremy Clarkson should accuse people who throw themselves on railway lines of being âselfishâ. He has obviously never experienced the agony of mind which drives people to such desperate acts.
âWhen gripped by such mental anguish people do not act rationally. The selfish person is the one who rates being late by minutes or hours as more important than a person losing their lives forever.â
Catherine Johnstone, Samaritansâ chief executive, said: âThe insensitivity of Jeremy Clarksonâs comments in his Sun column today about people who die by suicide on the railways truly beggars belief. While purporting to express sympathy for people who die this way, his remarks about their bodies constitute gross intrusion into the grief and shock of bereaved families and friends.â
It is a widely held view on these forums too, when someone catapults themself off a motorway bridge, for them it is game over, for the rest of us, we have to sit in a long queue while the HATO man has counselling.
It is selfish when a handful of prescription pills in a gloomy bedsit has the same ending!
Iâm really peeeâd off. Iâve just read that bit about Clarkson and people throwing themselves under trains and i find myself agreeing with the prat.
I know where all the strikers around South Yorkshire went, Shopping at Meadow Hall, couldnât get anywhere for the queues, unfortunately our yard is just down the road.
