Anotherthing..
Thank you for correcting me...having re-read it, you're absolutely right.
And I agree on your final point too.
ADIS..
I take your points on board about the unemployment rate and the economic situation...so do you think a 9% payrise fair? This may still be only a rumour but I see that nobody has refuted it, not least the Big Man himself.
Also, I have just added the figures up quickly, and the proposed rise does not come close,on a monthly basis, to meeting the increases that I have had this year in my gas/electric/water bills...council tax...food and fuel prices.