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I just had the rather amusing experience of walking past the march in London. I am pleased to report that I saw one poster which was actually relevant to the pensions issue. The rest had placards regarding EMA, tuition fees, cuts (note there is no proposal to cut pension schemes, all that is...

Agreed. But I'm sure you'd would concede that the ONS is probably the most impartial and expert opinion we're likely to get on this matter since both sides of the argument, at least in part, resort to hyperbole and ignore the facts.

Well, it's based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings produced by the Office for National Statistics who actually use the term 'comparable jobs'. Your dispute is with them not me.

Yet another example of the ridiculous hyperbole people resort to in defending the status quo. Absolutely no-one is suggesting we should abolish taxes, state education or the public sector. The point is simply this: we are all living longer and this, coupled with the awful state of the public...

I don't think anyone is suggesting that we abolish the public sector, nor is there any suggestion that public sector workers making increased pension contributions would do so. It's funny how those who seek to defend the status quo always resort to this kind of ridiculous hyperbole. The...

So what you're effectively saying is that people in the public sector work harder that those in the private sector? Nobody disputes the effort and time that teachers other public sector workers put in, but to imply that private sector workers work less hard than those in the public sector is an...

This is simply untrue. The average public sector wage is £3,800 higher than the average private sector wage. Edit: I should say that I don't mean to say that this is wrong, just that your argument is.

Very good result

:lol: Glad to be of service

Have to disagree - we do not elect governments in this country. We elect our legislature and our legislature chooses the government by either voting with it on confidence motions or voting against it. When you go to the ballot box you do not vote for David Cameron/Gordon Brown or Labour/Tories...

Very much this.

Indeed I do. The idea that to win an election in the UK you have to win an absolute majority is simply wrong. The winner of the election is the individual who can command the confidence of the Commons. That person is then, by convention invited to form a government and becomes the PM. A...

Correct. They did - they won both the popular vote and the most seats in the Commons. They did - see above. There's no doubt that we're in for some tough years. But we were in for tough years irrespective of the colour of the government. And the lives of people in this country over the next...

Superb news - well done to the fans and staff who helped out

Very very sad

Claimant count in West Sussex: 2.9%. Claimant count in East Sussex: 3.9% Pipe down.

RIP

Mark Williams

Another Mark McCammon...

Absolutely