As for the proposed pay freeze by removing 1% of X-Factor, it wouldn't be as:
1% of £30,000 (core pay) = £300
14.5% of £30,000 = £4350 then 1% = £43.50
£300-£43.5= £256.5 pay rise instead of £300 (an actual .86% pay rise instead of 1%).
I never suggested the figure of 1% off the XFactor, I said 'similar', it would need about a 1.13% reduction to cancel out.