Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Not sure about ‘consensus’ or otherwise, AF.
It seems a bit personal and maybe in need of further explanation, at least as far as the ‘landlords’ one is concerned.
Would agree about the police and the NHS although the latter (probably both) need more funding imo.
Think I largely agree on 4.
Why £250k limit and why only ‘public body’ executive pay?

Put another way, I don’t understand the landlord one even though I was briefly a landlord about 12/13 years ago and had no problem at all.
Beyond that, if you’re arguing for greater support for public services (specifically the NHS and the police), people suffering from cancer having priority over those who desire a boob job and greater responsibility and pay restraint to be shown by the most wealthy…then you have my support.

P.S. Completely agree with MA about ‘harassing’ unscrupulous landlords.
No argument about increased funding for NHS and Police, but to give a fairly benign example regarding the police, I'm sure I'm not the only motorist who suspects that the number of police attending (even minor) motor accidents is a bit 'moth to a flame'. I recently queued over an hour getting less than a mile up the M1 due to an accident under the J27 bridge, and counted 11 officers chatting yet none at the top of the J27 ramp exercising a simple bit of traffic management that could have resolved the pressure. I could offer other examples, both motor-related and not

The 250k was just a number plucked from the ether, the public body only was because (you and) I pay for the ****ers