She said she was spending the money on 1K to 5K for a suit and similar amounts for shoes, then staying at the Ritz Paris / top Italian hotels... then she had to make a choice between a holiday and a summer dress??? Come on !!! even Kate Middleton now a princes wears the occasional dresses from Zara (average price of clothing item there around £40 ) and frankly if one had to choose between a dress or a holiday then they are obviously can't afford either, she seems to think that a holiday abroad is a life necessity??
Oh well perhaps a rich guy will read the article and offers her a date
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI just had a tin of Heinz Chile Con Carne for tea.
Really splashing out.
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Does she have any marketable skills aside from hanging around rich people?
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Originally posted by administrator View PostHer Dad was Woodrow Wyatt (according to Wikipedia "Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Baron Wyatt of Weeford, was a British politician, published author, journalist and broadcaster, close to the Queen Mother, Margaret Thatcher and Rupert Murdoch") - she is just a privately educated, well connected no-mark. If her old man did all that and got over £100K a year then what do you think a common-or-garden journo got at that point in time? Not as much as he did that is sure.
Even as a journo she is well paid on £100K, over paid IMO. If she wants the lifestyle her parents had then she needs to work a lot harder and make something of herself. She is getting what she deserves IMO. She is a journo with MP's tastes, - champagne tastes and beer bottle pockets. Silly cow
I've met a few people like that who were brought up in such households, privately educated and had no idea how to write a cheque. They would constantly complain about having no money despite earning good money.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI just had a tin of Heinz Chile Con Carne for tea.
Living the dream.
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I just had a tin of Heinz Chile Con Carne for tea.
Really splashing out.
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Originally posted by SandyD View PostOne minute she says her rented flat, the other says she is paying £350 a week mortgage, that's around £1400 a month, which is not that much really... £80000 monthly after tax is £4500 a month, so lets say the utilities are another £400 a month (its a flat) that leaves £2600 a month... not sure about her loans, but am presuming the take up most of what's left.
Last year I knew so many people in London who are living it up to the max, always getting taxis and never going on the tube, going to posh hotels for a drink (£15 a drink is the cheapest) and posh places to eat, crazy, actually a couple of contractors who are men kept going out for lunch break and coming back with some crazy shopping e.g. spending £800 on a watch winder ... I kept thinking was I the only poor contractor there ?? And I was earning my highest rate last year !!
I'm on my best rate to date atm and yes, I'll splash out now and again but only what I know I can afford and after the bills have been paid.
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since Maggie died I started seeing lots of her articles all over the papers, she is trying to make as much money as she can out of the sudden fame as she knew Maggie as a child/growing up so she is an expert on the subject.Last edited by SandyD; 13 April 2013, 22:42.
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One minute she says her rented flat, the other says she is paying £350 a week mortgage, that's around £1400 a month, which is not that much really... £80000 monthly after tax is £4500 a month, so lets say the utilities are another £400 a month (its a flat) that leaves £2600 a month... not sure about her loans, but am presuming the take up most of what's left.
Last year I knew so many people in London who are living it up to the max, always getting taxis and never going on the tube, going to posh hotels for a drink (£15 a drink is the cheapest) and posh places to eat, crazy, actually a couple of contractors who are men kept going out for lunch break and coming back with some crazy shopping e.g. spending £800 on a watch winder ... I kept thinking was I the only poor contractor there ?? And I was earning my highest rate last year !!
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostIt's easy to scoff, and the article is hamming it up a bit for entertainment value. But it's absolutely true, in London anyway, and those on average salaries are finding just the same even with their more modest aspirations.
Obviously sky high property prices is one factor. But high income taxes mean anything involving personal service, or employment generally, is priced almost out of existence, suppressing the flow of money like trying to pump fluid round leaky furred up pipes. Also, it's clear that in the long run importing cheap labour is like taking strychnine for a stomach ache.
Now I know some people will argue its supply and demand but in this case its not. Both prices are from general tradesmen with more than full diaries.
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Originally posted by centurian View PostWho was a (turncoat) Labour MP - they seem to be turning out more toffs than the Tories.
He was a quality nutcase - I remember reading his stuff in the News Of The World (I think) at my Grandma's. His column was called "The Voice Of Reason" and was hilariously anything but. Private Eye parodied it for many years as "The Voice of Alzheimers".Last edited by Peoplesoft bloke; 13 April 2013, 20:33.
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