What Britain Earns (BBC2 last night)

[tay]

Part of the fun of living in London is knowing how to avoid being caught up in these demonstrations and parades

You and I do VERY different things for fun......

[SueEllen]

The cyclists outside Buckingham Palace needed a smack in the face with a crowbar... and the stickers they were putting on the car taken off and shoved up variuous orifices in thier hippy scum little bodies.

And the police just let them bully the people in the car.

No sympathy for either party as when these demonstratons happen you are forwarned about them i.e. radio, tfl.

Part of the fun of living in London is knowing how to avoid being caught up in these demonstrations and parades

[tay]

The cyclists outside Buckingham Palace needed a smack in the face with a crowbar... and the stickers they were putting on the car taken off and shoved up variuous orifices in thier hippy scum little bodies.

And the police just let them bully the people in the car.

[SueEllen]

I saw that too, I kind of agree with the mum who was annoyed at being singled out for driving her 3 kids to school when some arsy city type can drive just himself across town in a BMW X5 without anywhere near as much hassle.

The protesters that blocked the streets outside Buckingham palace looked like they had come down from the trees at a proposed Tesco site just to be annoying somewhere else for a change, I doubt many of them would usually even use a bike.

The program tried to balance that out with the rants and protests of cyclists saying you don't need to drive into Central London. Most of whom are probably fair weather cyclists and the ones who are likely to end up under a construction lorry due to not working out that large vehicles have blind spots. (I've seen it nearly happen with my own eyes.)

[gingerjedi]

I was more interested in the road rage show a couple of nights before that. That was both revealing and scary.

I saw that too, I kind of agree with the mum who was annoyed at being singled out for driving her 3 kids to school when some arsy city type can drive just himself across town in a BMW X5 without anywhere near as much hassle.

The protesters that blocked the streets outside Buckingham palace looked like they had come down from the trees at a proposed Tesco site just to be annoying somewhere else for a change, I doubt many of them would usually even use a bike.

[Ruprect]

The top 4000 "earners" in Britain earn the same as the bottom 2,500,000 "workers".

Some of the big bankers only earn a salary of £250K pa. However they're annual income is in excess of £30,000,000. Don't see the New Lie having a go at them for "fairness".

Why would they, when they get lined up with a $1M p.a. job for 3 day's work when they retire?

[DimPrawn]

No surprises there but I feel slightly embarrassed when I saw the people who clear sewers and the poor soles who prepare bodies for autopsy were in the 10-20k bracket, I wouldn't do either for 20x that.

46k will put you in the top 10% of earners and that same 10% earn 33% of all income.

It was interesting to see the top earner on £23m only took 300k in salary!

The top 4000 "earners" in Britain earn the same as the bottom 2,500,000 "workers".

Some of the big bankers only earn a salary of £250K pa. However their annual income is in excess of £30,000,000. Don't see the New Lie having a go at them for "fairness".

[SueEllen]

Laughed at the man taking anger management. nearly fell off the settee.

I thought that was a joke.

[lilelvis2000]

Suprising amount of nudity for a motoring programme. Top Gear take note.

Hardly a motoring progamme, it was anti-motoring was it not? A nice slap in the face too that one of the nation's top cyclists is too scared to ride in the UK. When I moved here from Canada I left all my cycling gear there, as I could see the lack of respect given.

Laughed at the man taking anger management. nearly fell off the settee.

[VectraMan]

I was more interested in the road rage show a couple of nights before that. That was both revealing and scary.

Suprising amount of nudity for a motoring programme. Top Gear take note.

[lilelvis2000]

I was more interested in the road rage show a couple of nights before that. That was both revealing and scary.

[swamp]

souls

[gingerjedi]

No surprises there but I feel slightly embarrassed when I saw the people who clear sewers and the poor soles who prepare bodies for autopsy were in the 10-20k bracket, I wouldn't do either for 20x that.

46k will put you in the top 10% of earners and that same 10% earn 33% of all income.

It was interesting to see the top earner on £23m only took 300k in salary!