Kopek Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/25/2024 at 1:28 PM, Zarley said: High street chemists usually don't have any experience with some of the meds I'm on Once again, Hemensleys top service, asked for cheap cough mixture, Ian popped out from the back to recommend one that was OK with the anti-coags I'm on! Of all the cough mixes on the shelf, He was able select one. This is like an 'Old Codgers' talk about our drugs thread !!! 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Poppins Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: That's code for more cuts! It's worrying that these clowns seem to be planning a spending bonanza. Fair enough, the health service does need to be properly funded. But what else will they splurge on? Probably £100m for horse trams or some such thing. Edited January 26 by Hairy Poppins 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 15 minutes ago, Kopek said: Once again, Hemensleys top service, asked for cheap cough mixture, Ian popped out from the back to recommend one that was OK with the anti-coags I'm on! Of all the cough mixes on the shelf, He was able select one This is what I’m talking about! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: How many times have we heard this in the past and from how many Treasury Ministers ...? Stop giving the staff pay rises above budgets will help, the budgets were 2% generally, unsure on healthcare but the absolute minimum anyone got including the £100k + people was 6% and we know teachers, police and healthcare got over this. If it’s a pay budget of 3% then that’s it . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I would like to see flat rate rises for a while not percentage rises. Cut backs on the top dogs and managers, not the coal face workers. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 20 minutes ago, Banker said: Stop giving the staff pay rises above budgets will help, the budgets were 2% generally, unsure on healthcare but the absolute minimum anyone got including the £100k + people was 6% and we know teachers, police and healthcare got over this. If it’s a pay budget of 3% then that’s it . Yet the unions insist on inflation-or-above rises, "anything else is a pay cut" etc etc. Stu Peters has posted on these very boards that he doesn't see why MHKs should have received a below inflation rise either.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 17 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: I would like to see flat rate rises for a while not percentage rises. Cut backs on the top dogs and managers, not the coal face workers. Totally agree £2kpa is 10% for £20k person but only 2%for higher earners but unions don’t like it as erodes differentials. Should be say 3% salary pot with more for lower earners and less for those at very top. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 too late for all that the new Castle Rushen school and sports centre will be around £50 million if you add the windfarm and all the other items on the wish list Alf will have no option but to start raiding the NI fund , financially the island is in deep doo doo and only some severe financial management with deep cuts will help us survive , we are a village (small town ) equivalent in the UK 82 K he have to stop behaving like we have money to burn ,or one of the Emirates belts need to tighten and government spending curbed , time for a dose of realism curtail excessive spending and support essential services , 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 53 minutes ago, Omobono said: too late for all that the new Castle Rushen school and sports centre will be around £50 million if you add the windfarm and all the other items on the wish list Alf will have no option but to start raiding the NI fund , financially the island is in deep doo doo and only some severe financial management with deep cuts will help us survive , we are a village (small town ) equivalent in the UK 82 K he have to stop behaving like we have money to burn ,or one of the Emirates belts need to tighten and government spending curbed , time for a dose of realism curtail excessive spending and support essential services , We've been banging on about this for well over a decade. Have you seen the train sequence in the latest Mission Impossible film? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 2 hours ago, Omobono said: too late for all that the new Castle Rushen school and sports centre will be around £50 million if you add the windfarm and all the other items on the wish list Alf will have no option but to start raiding the NI fund , financially the island is in deep doo doo and only some severe financial management with deep cuts will help us survive , we are a village (small town ) equivalent in the UK 82 K he have to stop behaving like we have money to burn ,or one of the Emirates belts need to tighten and government spending curbed , time for a dose of realism curtail excessive spending and support essential services , Treasury were talking about raiding the reserves to fund climate change nonsense and invest more of the reserves in ESG funds. They seem to be less popular at the moment due to the terrible returns and faux green credentials of the bigger players. More details on treasury's plan to bankrupt the island here: https://www.tynwald.org.im/committee/PAC 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Runner Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Over here when Austerity was first done by the Torys, the CS/ PS were the first to stop getting pay rises. Why does the island do the opposite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 18 hours ago, cissolt said: Treasury were talking about raiding the reserves to fund climate change nonsense and invest more of the reserves in ESG funds. They seem to be less popular at the moment due to the terrible returns and faux green credentials of the bigger players. More details on treasury's plan to bankrupt the island here: https://www.tynwald.org.im/committee/PAC Here's the Budget from last year, it was "No Gamble", apparently. How many of the other points came to fruition too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Poppins Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 12 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Here's the Budget from last year, it was "No Gamble", apparently. How many of the other points came to fruition too? Tbf to Allinson and his ilk, it never is a gamble in their position. Baked in pay rises, zero chance of being held accountable, and £600m of reverses to fall back on when it goes wrong. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) 3 hours ago, Hairy Poppins said: Tbf to Allinson and his ilk, it never is a gamble in their position. Baked in pay rises, zero chance of being held accountable, and £600m of reverses to fall back on when it goes wrong. They love that word 'pragmatic'. This year we are being warned about 'tough choices'. Edited January 27 by Moghrey Mie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 On 1/26/2024 at 4:01 PM, Non-Believer said: Yet the unions insist on inflation-or-above rises, "anything else is a pay cut" etc etc. Stu Peters has posted on these very boards that he doesn't see why MHKs should have received a below inflation rise either.... How about perfomance related pay.... but then the DoI would have to be a charity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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