General Discussion
There are some interesting articles in today's Independent on Sunday about Stephen Hestor's true remuneration and the concept of fairness. http://www.independent.co.uk/
Yes I know that private sector rents include an element of profit for the landlord so here is another thing concerned with fairness and private sector rents. Is it fair that the taxpayer should 'give' money to private sector landlords by way of housing benefit? After all the private landlord seems to on a nice little earner anyway - a capital investment (property) plus an income stream (rent). ...
Anyone else see the letter in this week's Dawlish Post (that's the freebie paper) on page 9 about the housing figures being used by Teignbridge District Council to justify all the proposed new house building in the district over the next 20 years. Letter is headed Evidence Shows That District Has Its Figures Seriously Wrong: Here is an extract: "It is apparent that there is substantial evidence ...
as the late Jimmy Saville used to urge us all to do. Get yourselves a Devon & Cornwall railcard (£10 for 12 months) and then you can get a third off train fares in D& C (okay but not during the rush hour I admit). Not only is travelling by train quicker than travelling by bus it is also cheaper. Using my D&C railcard today I paid a mere £2.20 return railfare Dawlish/Newton Abbot. The journey ...
People in social housing pay, as I understand it, a regulated rent. A Fair Rent was something that I paid back in the 1980s when I was a private sector tenant. Now, whether or not that regulated rent is deemed to be fair (small 'f' please note) may be a matter for debate. Did I imagine it or did this government actually think for a while about raising all social rents up to local market level ...
Thanks. I will.
Watched a very interesting debate last night on Channel 4 news about 'fairness'. It was pointed out that in City circles it was thought very fair indeed that Hestor should get his £1m or so salary plus the near £1m in shares as a bonus. Fair because when compared to the likes of Bob Diamond the CEO of Barclays (I don't know his salary but it's bound to be megadosh) the bonus given to Hestor pales ...
I think he meant Vince Cable.
Just made a point of watching our feathered friends again to see where they went when they finished their display - just in case they went off in a Teignmouth Pier direction. But no. Dawlish overnighters they most definitely seem to be. As you say Cassandra, where they roost seems to be close to where they do their aerial display. I've no idea how many there are. I've seen much bigger flocks ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/27/outrage-mounts-rbs-boss-bonus
