Leftie axe to grind?

[Old Greg]

It's the headline quoting 68%.

A 30K rise on a million quid comes to 3%.

They don't quote what last year's bonus was, so we don't know how accurate that 68% is.

And the 1st paragraph in bold says:

'Mr Rose is creditted [ ] with fending off a takeover attempt
Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose received £3.6m in salary and bonuses last year, up 68% on a year ago, the High Street chain has said.

It defines the pay as 'salary' and 'bonuses'. If you guys think this article is left-wing axe-grinding, you've got a pretty low threshold.

[Sysman]

And the 1st paragraph in bold says:

'Mr Rose is creditted [ ] with fending off a takeover attempt
Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose received £3.6m in salary and bonuses last year, up 68% on a year ago, the High Street chain has said.

It doesn't say that now - they've dropped the takeover bit from the 1st paragraph.

It defines the pay as 'salary' and 'bonuses'. If you guys think this article is left-wing axe-grinding, you've got a pretty low threshold.

Let's see. If 3.6 million represents a 68% rise, then last year he made 2.14 million; i.e. just over a million in bonus.

Why couldn't they say "M&S Boss doubles bonus"? That sounds a lot more positive.

[Old Greg]

It doesn't say that now - they've dropped the takeover bit from the 1st paragraph.


Let's see. If 3.6 million represents a 68% rise, then last year he made 2.14 million; i.e. just over a million in bonus.

Why couldn't they say "M&S Boss doubles bonus"? That sounds a lot more positive.

Maybe it would sound too positive? I thought it was meant to sound neutral. Back to the original point of Leftie Axe to Grind, I don't think there'll be many lefties sat around reading that thinking, 'Ha, that socked it to the capitalist scum-bag',