What Is Happening To Our Country?

[Gloucester Saint]

40 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Tom Cruise gets paid more than Sue Pollard, they’re both actors, when will the unfairness end?

Don’t know how much this chap earns as a glazier in his day job but have you seen this bus around Harrogate at the weekends?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgnyzjjk15o

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Tom Cruise gets paid more than Sue Pollard, they’re both actors, when will the unfairness end?

Surely, it's up to Tom Cruise to do more panto, if he wants to earn the big bucks?

[hypochondriac]

16 hours ago, egg said:

Nonsense. These headline seeking articles compare apples with kebabs. A female teacher earns the same as a bloke, ditto copper, civil servant, etc. Sure, more women work in lesser roles in schools as they want the holidays off, but for there to be a genuine pay gap, they'd have to be earning less than a bloke for the same job, which they aren't. 

As always when this stupid argument is brought up by people who hsould know better, if it was miles cheaper to employ women then all employers would be doing it as a quick way to get their costs down. It isn't of course because like you say, it's not actually.Comparing the same jobs against each other, not accounting for hours worked.

[Gloucester Saint]

Can see this might cause a few rants https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c20jpvd300do

[swannymere]

On 08/02/2026 at 08:22, Farmer Saint said:

Interesting piece about London, and the rights attempt to create fear about it's safety.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUcwBj_in9Y/?igsh=dXVwZGFzMGc0czlt

The Times did a similar article late last year, bit surprised an article like that from the Times considering their political leanings. Most of it comes from people with an axe to grind with Labour.(not a Labour voter but i'm not blind to the good and bad things they do, it's a mix)