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Lets have some figures: The Office for National Statistics said the average public sector worker, who works full-time, is paid an annual salary of £28,802. This average public sector worker, including teachers, nurses and civil servants, earns nearly £4,000 a year more than a private sector worker. By comparison, the average full-time worker in the private sector receives a salary of only £25,000, a gap of £3,802. This could cover the cost of a two-week foreign holiday for a family of four, or nearly 40 trips to the supermarket spending an average of £100 on each visit. The average Public Sector Worker works 30.5h per week, the average private sector worker works 33.5h per week. Its true, the top 1% of earners in the private sector are at more than £62.08 per hour. In the public sector it's less - £49.37 per hour and above. The median average salary-linked public sector pension, that is currently being paid out to a pensioner, is worth £5,600 a year. That compares with £5,860 in the private sector, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF). Using a mean average, some £7,800 a year is being paid in a public sector pension compared with £7,467 for a private sector salary-linked pension. But this is where a comparison becomes tricky. Some 87% of public sector employees are currently paying into a salary-linked pension scheme, compared with 12% of private sector employees. Many of the salary-linked pension schemes in the private sector have been shut by employers. Instead, 32% of the private sector workforce, including the self-employed, contribute to personal pensions and other schemes where there is no promise of a particular level of retirement income. Figures showed that the average annual police officer pension is £15,600 ­compared with £7,500 for an NHS worker, £8,800 for the Armed Forces and £10,800 for a teacher. So the public sector is on average better off than your average worker in the private sector.

It may sound harsh but folk should not trot out the "they save lives everyday argument". Anyone remember North Staffs and its standard of nursing and doctor care anyone? Or these: from the Health Minister, Mr Hunt told MPs: "No statistics are perfect but mortality rates suggest that since 2005, thousands more people may have died than would normally be expected at the 14 trusts reviewed. Hospitals now in special measures: North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Medway NHS Foundation Trust. How about the blind man who got tasered because they thought his white stick was a samurai sword? How about institutional racism in the Met? The police have a long list of scandals to their name: Death of Blair peach The Battle of the Beanfield The Cardiff five The Birmingham Six The notorious criminal exploits of the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven The killing of Jean Charles De Menezes Public Disorder – Plain Clothes police thugs smash up a victims car with baseball bats… and get away with it Battle of Orgreave Death of Ian Tomlinson Hillsborough Disaster – Police smearing of victims. The point is these civil servants overall have a decent wage and final salary pension system compared to those in private sector employment. Paying them a lot more when they repeated fail the public wont wash with the average tax payer.

Thomas, great pitch for BMW or Audi. Salesman: Enjoy it but please don't drive it too hard as it might break, we couldn't design it to take punishment of the ordinary driver on british roads. Customer: Really??! OK , might aswell go get a jag then lol.... Its not to do with driving, but poor design and or I think more likely poor component spec to maximise profits.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/62383/german-cars-among-worst-engine-failures?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=September Audi, BMW and VW ranked in the bottom 10 of a study into engine reliability German-made cars are not as reliable as many believe, according to new research. Warranty Direct has studied its claims data to compile a list of the manufacturers with the most reliable engines - and Audi, BMW and Volkswagen all finished in the bottom 10 out of a total 36 makers............

You can get them made in any colour you want from Christopher Neils. Mine are currently white, previous was a charcoal grey

Iive and Let die is the best

Finally got round to putting my BA retirement sculpture on the wall. No 4/10. It looks rather splendid with my prints.

How come Hates wasn't a category, everyone has some pet hates lol like banal polls.................

It's all about quality

Read Brian Coxs book E=mc2. In that the explains there is vast amounts of energy stored in atoms. The sun is fusing atoms all the time releasing gargantuan amounts of energy, releasing the stored energy inside hydrogen atoms. We just can't figure a way of doing at cool temperatures. Once cold fusion is cracked then its energy bonanza day. Tony, your brain is just contains chemical stored energy, conscious thought is just a facet of our brains being aware of self and the actions that oneself has on itself, others and the environment. Consciousness is not a form energy, that's just phooey, rhubarb , balony ... When you die the chemical energy stays put until it is converted to other forms by biological degradation ie bacteria and fungi munching on it or releasing as heat if you get cremated.

My arse doesn't slide about in the comfort seats, instead the seat hugs my bum. Agree with Brian on the numbness after a good few miles