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Previously on "Great news - austerity is over!"

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  • cosmic
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    It's true! Austerity is over!

    Senior judges could get pay rise of up to £60,000 (that takes High Court Judges to £265,000, 35 hours a week 8 weeks holiday)



    Senior judges could get pay rise of up to GBP60,000 - BBC News
    Yeah paid by taking money from contractors

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  • Paddy
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    It's true! Austerity is over!

    Senior judges could get pay rise of up to £60,000 (that takes High Court Judges to £265,000, 35 hours a week 8 weeks holiday)

    Senior judges in England and Wales could be set for pay rises of up to 32%
    Crown Court judges would receive a 22% rise - taking them to £165,000 - and district judges would get an 8% rise.
    Senior judges could get pay rise of up to GBP60,000 - BBC News

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  • AtW
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    Disney really need to rethink name of their character Gru...

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    Theresa May: People need to know austerity is over

    Theresa May has predicted "better days ahead" after Brexit, with UK debt continuing to fall and support public services will go up.

    Addressing her party conference in Birmingham, the prime minister said people needed to know that austerity was over and "their hard work has paid off".

    Theresa May: People need to know austerity is over - BBC News

    It's party like it's 1999!

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by TwoWolves View Post
    True austerity would be an end to eye-watering government waste but that is not going to happen unless we get rid of government, the civil service and local government altogether.
    Just walk away...

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  • TwoWolves
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    True austerity would be an end to eye-watering government waste but that is not going to happen unless we get rid of government, the civil service and local government altogether.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    Got my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.
    And how did you cope with all the responsibility of looking after the Stationery Cupboard?

    Must have been quite a step-up for you!

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  • DimPrawn
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    Why wait for a financial crisis when you can vote for one in a referendum?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    Got my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.

    they hired you to start a financial crisis????

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    Got my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.
    Is this like past or present tense?

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  • Eirikur
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    Got my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.

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  • original PM
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    We were in a period of austerity?

    Must have missed that....

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  • Eirikur
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    Theresa May: People need to know austerity is over

    Theresa May has predicted "better days ahead" after Brexit, with UK debt continuing to fall and support public services will go up.

    Addressing her party conference in Birmingham, the prime minister said people needed to know that austerity was over and "their hard work has paid off".

    Theresa May: People need to know austerity is over - BBC News

    It's party like it's 1999!
    Debt is still rising not falling. The amount borrowed per year has gone down. The United Kingdom National Debt Clock 2018 Counter >> nationaldebtclock.co.uk
    Last edited by Eirikur; 4 October 2018, 08:45.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    Small print:


    "So, when we’ve secured a good Brexit deal for Britain, at the Spending Review next year we will set out our approach for the future."

    i.e. "when I'm retired on my massive tax-payer funded pension and running through fields all day, I'll be feeling better"

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  • AtW
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    Small print:


    "So, when we’ve secured a good Brexit deal for Britain, at the Spending Review next year we will set out our approach for the future."

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