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Actually, I'd suggest her stint in the Home Office might be part of it. There is something about that place that changes people with any kind of prolonged exposure. They become authoritarian, remote, and 'warped' after 2-3 years. The warmth seems to get drained out of them.

Anyone that sticks it for 4 years or more ....

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Those damn state school women can be so harsh eh.

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You made a comment, full of inaccuracies about my pension, I correct you and tis me who is greedy. :confused: I was commenting on how the public sector pensions of teachers were not changed when the public sector pensions of the police and armed forces were improved by Thatcher. Absolutely nothing to do with the private sector.

What is greedy about pointing out that teachers were treated unfairly compared to other public sector workers?

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Who said she is responsible? The issue here is about showing leadership, humanity and compassion. She clearly is more concerned about her latest pair of shoes and doing a deal with the creationists in NI.

Conservative led Kensington and Chelsea Council has a lot of questions to answer about how they buried a 2013 report on fire safety in high rise buildings and being too busy in giving council tax rebates for making 'efficiency savings' (i.e. not spending money where needed)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...is-blood-money

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Read the left-wing media - The Guardian in particular

Khan is the major of London - his socialist ass has to own this

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Corbyn's supporters did. His rent a crowd. They marched to the town hall chanting "May must go". You should know. You are one of them. Did you not get the email?

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Manage your own pension like the rest of us.

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You can't distinguish between commenting on her lack of humanity and leadership with saying she caused the fire? Incredible. Point me to an article which says she caused the fire please.

If you don't think that many years of austerity and lack of investment in public housing and laock of concern for the residents therein isn't going to be in the spotlight as the inquiry gets under way then you have a rude shock coming.

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Trump avoidance of the question by introducing irrelevancies and going on the attack with p*sh. Teachers 1/80 scheme vs law and order workers 1/60 scheme????

I'm on a fixed salary 1/80 scheme which I've been contributing to since I started teaching here many years ago. I took out an FSAVC as well (I HAVE a private pension because the public sector one isn't going to look after me adequately in my retirement which I've earned and pay in the rest of the 15% which doesn't go into the SPPA scheme). I've been paying the NIC's as well which have gone up in %. You want me to ditch that to satisfy your political leanings?:rofl:

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Bandwagon drama queen aren't we?

£8 million spent on refurbishing the tower is hardly a lack of investment.

Contractors tender for a job and more often than not, the cheapest gets the prize. Contractors are private companies and this process is the same for both private and public buildings.

The chosen cladding had faults. 2000 buildings in Sydney have this cladding. Its an unfortunate accident.

At the end of the day, if the cladding was certified as fire resistant, the certifier will get the blame.

Simple as that sport.

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If you are on a Fixed salary pension keep quiet - this is a privilege not extended to many of your descendents.

Teaching is not as dangerous as the Cops and Armed Forces. Thatcher's changes recognised the service and sacrifice those, particularly the Armed Forces, make. I don't see teachers deployed away from the UK on operations and away from families.

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They said May caused the fire did they? :rofl:

You do not understand people's anger?

I didn't vote for Corbyn as it happens.

You just don't have a clue.

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There are now comments that the cladding used was, in fact, banned in the UK, if this is true, then that opens up a real can of worms and someone, developers or council or both might well be found to be guilty of corporate manslaughter.

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I'm meant to feel guilty for taking up a teaching position in 1980 with a final salary pension scheme and low pay compared to other graduates because I had a sense of public service and got enjoyment out of teaching others and passing on my skills? (where's the 'danger' in making widgets or getting a huge salary and a 7 figure bonus for gambling with other people's money in banking?)

She increased pay for police and armed forces AS WELL as putting them on a more lucrative pension scheme. She signalled that law and order is more important than people going onto tertiary education and into teaching.

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Confirmed by Philip Hammond this morning.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...nored-decades/