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Originally Posted by Gayle

I do think there is something wrong with the country when the people who are charged with looking after our welfare and running the country are paid £63k, but the man who runs Tesco gets £1.5m plus £4m bonus.

I'm sure Sir Terry works very hard and I'm sure he'll justify his salary but let's face it, the person who decides whether he presses the little red button has a bit more responsibility when it all boils down to it.

I suppose the difference, and the argument, is that our MPs are paid out of the public purse, i.e. our hard earned money. But, if I'm honest, I'd prefer to have Sir Terry running the country than the current administration and if he was worth £1.5m then I'd be prepared to pay it. It's the old adage, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys. Whilst I realise that £63k is not peanuts to the majority of us, we have to pay people what they're worth in the long run.

I kind of agree in a way Gayle, the thing that always amuses me is when the quote the average wage in the country and I aways seem to say not in bloody Lancashire it isn't