Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cartman View Post
They have been convinced they are worthless. MP's are worth lots though, and their wives who are paid 30k a year to refill the stapler.
Unless or until they take sustained industrial action they will continue to be financially buggered. On average they are working for around 9% less today when adjusted for inflation than they did in 2008. Obviously, they have the option to seek employment elsewhere. But if significant numbers did in critical fields we'll be worse for it.

I've been looking into Greece's demise since 2010 where state employees' wages and retirement pensions (along with everyone else's, including their State Pension) have been savaged. Yet no politicians, bankers or senior civil servants have been strung-up. In fact, despite riots galore, I don't believe anyone has died as a result of the tumult. And they are (or were) supposedly hot-blooded who suffered no fools.