The NUT are really testing my patience
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Dear NUT
After some ridiculous proposals over the last few weeks such as banning the military from visiting schools across the country, I thought you might be inclined to keep your head down for a while. Clearly you disagree with me and have now threatened to go on strike for the first time in over 20 years over a pay dispute.
Let me make a few things clear to you. First and foremost, this country is broke. We have no money left. Gordon Brown has mismanaged the economy so badly that he is desperately clawing back every penny that he possibly can. His selective use of CPI inflation instead of RPI is not in the least bit surprising, and the selectivity is plainly evident where you bear in mind that student loans are linked to RPI instead of CPI – which is precisely the reverse of public sector pay. The fact that this country is broke means that you will not get more than a 2.45% pay rise this year. Yes, it’s that simple. Secondly, why the hell should teachers get more than 2.45% when police officers are only getting 1.9% this year and civil servants are getting just 1% over three years – yes, 1%? What exactly makes you think that you deserve so much more than everyone else?
Your arrogance coupled with your failure to read a newspaper over the last few months leaves me with no sympathy for you whatsoever.
Yours sincerely,
A.Tory
Witanagemot Blogs
I was reading your website and almost though I have found something interesting to write about – that public sector pensions link to CPI, while student loans link to RPI. Actually, according to the PCS union and the government’s own details on the “nuvos” scheme it has brought it (which I’m told is fairly typical), the pension schemes are also linked to RPI. Darn it.