Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
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
There you go…agreement on the NHS and my own, less ‘benign’, experience leads me to have no difficulty in recognising your police example.

The £250k you say was picked at random so it’s a bit meaningless…all I’ll say is that…do we not pay for those who are extraordinarily well paid in the private sector too?
I ask this because someone I know well has recently moved from being employed by a private company to being self employed. This came about as a result of the pandemic and I admire his bravery and determination enormously. What I am concerned about however is the number of ‘tax and other’ benefits that now come his way as a member of the self employed ‘class’. I don’t consider myself as naive but I was surprised at the level of these ‘extras’ and are we not, indirectly, paying for these ‘benefits’ too?