tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post7325260937858364124..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Paying for the PM's ServantIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40623414366991834922009-12-10T23:49:08.063+00:002009-12-10T23:49:08.063+00:00Wight Tory said..."Well that takes the biscui...Wight Tory said..."Well that takes the biscuit, my wife an 'E' Grade Register Nurse, gets £10.59 p/h"<br /><br />£10.50 an hour is what goes to the company providing the cleaner. The actual cleaner probably gets the legal minimum wage - currently £5.80 an hour.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440583218515403953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33287144409015839102009-12-10T23:44:30.848+00:002009-12-10T23:44:30.848+00:00Don't domestic servants clean? Contracting ou...Don't domestic servants clean? Contracting out the likes of Hudson and Rose does not make the service any different.<br /><br />If someone 'has to clean a second home' - then someone has to maintain it in other ways - like painting and removing nasty wisteria.<br /><br />Brown can delegate away - with his vast PMs Salary. Why do we have to pay for it? He already has a grace and favour home paid for by the taxpayer in London. Why do we pay for his own home in Fife?<br /><br />"Assuring you of a quality service" -- if only Brown could say that ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13484950026061352012009-12-10T19:35:29.787+00:002009-12-10T19:35:29.787+00:00Well that takes the biscuit, my wife an 'E'...Well that takes the biscuit, my wife an 'E' Grade Register Nurse, gets £10.59 p/h as a Bank Nurse. She is left in charge of Wards and is responsible for peoples lives...Lasting Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266115412715601014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64359671229728300002009-12-10T19:14:21.697+00:002009-12-10T19:14:21.697+00:00Another observation: My employer doesn't pay f...Another observation: My employer doesn't pay for, or even subsidise, tradesmen who work on my home.<br /><br />Now, Gordon, who's really out of touch with the concerns and experiences of ordinary, hardworking voters?Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42295228630317835802009-12-10T19:09:49.935+00:002009-12-10T19:09:49.935+00:00A non-story? Well, Labour is very busy playing th...A non-story? Well, Labour is very busy playing the "posh" card. I'm a pretty busy chap, working hard to (just) make ends meet, and I still manage to find time to do my own cooking, cleaning and laundry.<br /><br />Strikes me as perfectly fair comment to ask whether Gordon thinks he's too posh (and far too important) to do his own dusting.<br /><br />Hypoctite.Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87549757150099115892009-12-10T17:21:17.237+00:002009-12-10T17:21:17.237+00:00This is a ridiculous non-story. The prime minister...This is a ridiculous non-story. The prime minister is a very busy man, and it makes eminently good sense for him to delegate taks (such as cleaning) that can easily be delegated. I say this as someone who is by no means a supporter of Gordon Brown.<br /><br />You should be ashamed of yourself Iain for such silly (and inept) politcal point scoring.cabalamathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171752628996901766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75417508504590928772009-12-10T17:14:01.227+00:002009-12-10T17:14:01.227+00:00quentin davies? mendacious idiot who is currently ...quentin davies? mendacious idiot who is currently doing more damage at the MoD than the taliban could ever dream of.<br /><br />hope the press crucifies him. then we can feed the pieces to our war vets.Jules Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316327361072587324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47450906036190990262009-12-10T16:12:36.679+00:002009-12-10T16:12:36.679+00:00"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQU..."ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"<br /><br />- George Orwell, Animal Farm, Ch. 10<br /><br />Another piece of old Etonian perspicacityStepneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515448384288265355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2527994641938199932009-12-10T16:10:05.345+00:002009-12-10T16:10:05.345+00:00Even I think this is a non-story... someone has to...Even I think this is a non-story... someone has to clean a second home, presumably, given that he is seldom there. <br /><br />Though admittedly it's hard to see how it takes four hours to clean an empty house that has lain empty since you spent four hours cleaning it the previous week.Mr Eugenideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555302880124512593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41752935486894369092009-12-10T16:06:56.368+00:002009-12-10T16:06:56.368+00:00The invoice doesn't say "domestic servant...The invoice doesn't say "domestic servants". It says "domestic services". It's a posh phrase for cleaning.Roland Deschainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224091866358939619noreply@blogger.com