Originally Posted by
WHBM
Wish we had their salaries and gold-plated pensions, though ...
FFS STILL whinging on about public service salaries and perks.
Thanks too virulent campaigns by the like of the Sun and the Daily Fail many years ago (to jump on the bandwagon to appease the likes of you) public service pensions are not what they were. The pay was traditionally crap with the bonus of having a good (ish) pension to make up for it if you stuck it out for 35+ years. Pay is still crap butyou will find that there are not many who can retire early without HUGE pension penalties and the value of these has been eroded too along the lines of pay more get much less. If you want to do something constructive, nag the government to chase all the tax dodgers. That would most likely adequately compensate for public service pensions.