How much more apt would this headline be if it were missing the ":"?

[Bergkamp's Brain]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23262503

[Nicosia Gooner]

I was at a local authorities meeting earlier this week and 3 people failed to attend, later found out they had been made redundant, 2 of which were a couple and informed the day before they were due to go on holiday.

Not nice, not nice at all!

[Dorset Gooner]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23253276

i had terrible trouble finding it on their website, it was under entertainment!

[Peter]

At all.

[Peter]

A cushy number and bumped the 'pay' up to disgraceful levels. A small pay rise and a huge cap on expenses is pretty sensible.

[Brentwood]

they need to be intelligent (irrespective of your political leaning), they generally need to have a good education, good general knowledge etc they are definitely underpaid

[PSRB]

[Dorset Gooner]

[Pat Vegas]

you do.

Like when people put on facebook things like
'pay the politicians minimum wage and see how fast things will change'

well firstly they wouldn't be politicians anymore as they'd all leave. They haven't really thought this through.

[Pat Vegas]

[Nicosia Gooner]

have not had a pay rise for years, it sends the wrong message imo when people hear of an 11% increase

[Snin]

cant live in london on that per year shirley

[Snin]

[Nicosia Gooner]

and consequently the other teachers had to increase their hours of work with no extra pay

In addition to no pay increase for a long time

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Pat Vegas]

[Brentwood]

their counterparts from other countries thrashing out important deals that affect the success of the UK?

Your argument is like the one that says nurses should earn the same as footballers or Tom Cruise.

[Pat Vegas]

international crisps.

[PSRB]

12 weeks holiday and this nonsense about being badly paid is well worth ignoring!

[Nicosia Gooner]

for savings and yet these people that have been made redundant / had a salary reduction etc. hear of 11% increase for the MPs.

I am not suggesting they don't deserve it, simply to delay it as everyone else has to.

I have a feeling we won't agree on this one :shrug:

I am off for some volunteering anyway so enjoy the morning

[Pat Vegas]

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Pat Vegas]

[PSRB]

and 2 people from work, who've quit to become teachers......so apart from that I don't know anyone either

[Brentwood]

[Red N White Army]

Good benefits, but working from 8am-9pm every day ain't my idea of fun, even if you get 12 weeks hols a year (some of which you are invariably working to prepare for the next term). All teachers I know love the teaching, hate the politics and paperwork

[Brentwood]

so when is the best time to do it?

[Dorset Gooner]

[Pat Vegas]

Ok kids. A B C D 6 X , ? F Z now I know my 123,s

[Luis Anaconda]

it is the top result on google. It is also the top story on the entertainment section so again not hard to find. Almost as if you are being difficult

[PSRB]

and all on a decent pay packet, not saying it'll make millionaires of them but all doing nicely

[Supermac1976]

[One Wilf Copping]

They're doing exactly the same things, just on behalf of their company rather than their country.

Given the salary they earn as opposed to MPs, they are probably far more experienced and competent than many MPs.

[Brentwood]

to agree a multi billion dollar oil platform partnership is probably on about 250k a year minimum

[PSRB]

[Brentwood]

[One Wilf Copping]

... and the key to the executive washroom.

[Red N White Army]

[Supermac1976]

[Nicosia Gooner]