Home News Columnists
Plan would divide us all
Feb 7 2010 by Ian Robson, Sunday Sun
It has called for an end to national pay deals for council workers and teachers.
What Big Bad is saying is this – if you live in the North you should get less pay for the same job than someone in a snooty suburb.
I’m no academic and certainly no financial mover and shaker, but I do know a bad idea when I see one.
Her ideas will create a ghetto leading to an increasing gap between the regions.
North-South divide? You ain’t seen nothing yet if Prof Wolf’s ideas get off the ground.
They’ll be singing Abba’s Money Money Money while we will have to learn the words to Tennessee Ernie Ford’s Sixteen Tons.
It’s the one that includes the lyrics “Another day over and deeper in debt”. Thanks a lot, prof. Now put a sock in it.
It’s a bad time to be a celebrity
IT was not a good week to be a celebrity.
John Terry, below, tried to save his marriage, while footballer’s bit on the side Vanessa Perroncel – a wannabe celeb if ever there was one – decided not to sell her story.
Victoria Beckham’s bunions were pictured in the papers in what, thanks to years of wearing high heels, can only be described as a self-inflicted injury.
And last, and very much least, two self-obsessed people famous for being famous tied the knot in that most stylish of venues, Las Vegas. Wonder who will wear the trousers in that relationship. Or the dresses, for that matter.
Site Tools
Get involved
We want your local stories, videos & pics.
Classifieds
Copyright and Trade Mark Notice © 2010 owned by or licensed to ncjMedia Limited. Sunday Sun™ is a trade mark of ncjMedia Limited. Please read our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement before using this site.