Borrowing 1billion a month just to stand still and now this.......

Lucky your figure misses the point that Teresa May lives in a kept house so her actual pay/cost to the country is probably 10 times £149K

God love the poor things,how do they manage!

ARKLE

55 million in the U.K
5 million in Ireland

Mediocre football players can get(can't say 'earn') millions per season when many of them would struggle to hit a barn door from 5 yards....don't see too many getting in a lather about that.
Likewise radio presenters can get millions a year  for sitting in a studio chattering and spouting clichés for a few hours a week.
Almost all presenters I hear spend their time announcing ad breaks ,details of 'competitions', reading out of newspapers and asking obvious questions with a battery of assistants and researchers behind them. Money for old rope.
I don't begrudge a good rate of pay to politicians who bear responsibility for many serious issues 24/7/365 , have  no real job security and ironically, are constantly criticised by the studio sloths who bear little or no responsibility for anything -unless it be fomenting populist outrage to hoist ratings.

As big Mac would say its market forces re footballers.Although I have to agree re the media,mundane and rude and they think they're clever.

You would know a few of those ladies would you Jim ?. I'd imagine after your own huge loses you'd have some sympathy for those less well off .Terrible the envy some have.It's no wonder you done your dough if that's your attitude, market forces come into play and those guys just milk the system for all its worth,wish I had their money.The way you speak it seems only those you judge worthy should be earning ANY money....

Workrider, I see that your enforced break hasn't made any difference to the quality of posts. Out of context , unadulterated gibberish as per normal.
But then again that's hardly surprising, and the people who said that you would fukk up the forum were 100% right , and now it looks like you are back to close it down fully.

Jim, I know your huge loses have affected your thinking,try looking at the world in reality,guys working 9 months of the year getting huge wages plus expences, surely even you can see thats gross.Funny while I was away you NEVER posted on here.Off out for a while,someone has to pay the bills,we can't all get the dole!

Liam Cosgrave seemed like a decent oul' skin despite all the pension he received and I think its a great mark of the man and his family that he/they declined the offer of a State funeral , saving the Country time and money.
What are the odds weasel-loser Bertie will feel entitled to one ? I'd love to see some Journalist ask him and ask him to justify it.