tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post478437299715269413..comments2023-09-29T09:07:24.854+01:00Comments on Ceredig: What percentage is the brain?Ceredighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328928643766735216noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-75446750070873213012008-03-17T10:30:00.000+00:002008-03-17T10:30:00.000+00:00Ian,For the full report, see http://www.assemblywa...Ian,<BR/><BR/>For the full report, see http://www.assemblywales.org/firstreport-salaries.pdf. (Sorry, don't know how to turn that into a link). I don't think that you could read that and still believe that this was a "professional and objective" process.<BR/><BR/><I>"you would have to sit down and make a judgement on the clear increase in roles and responsibilities"</I><BR/><BR/>Hard to Ceredighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328928643766735216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-87278510492622564502008-03-16T22:09:00.000+00:002008-03-16T22:09:00.000+00:00In order to judege whether or not the re-grading w...In order to judege whether or not the re-grading was deserved, you would have to sit down and make a judgement on the clear increase in roles and responsibilities. It has nothing whatsoever to do with volume of work, as some on other blog sites have suggested.<BR/><BR/>This is a process that I frequently have to carry out on behalf of members in my union and no two cases are the same. They have Ian Titheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648408300848231553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-24044617735943607232008-03-14T22:52:00.000+00:002008-03-14T22:52:00.000+00:00for another view on Welsh issues check out:http://...for another view on Welsh issues check out:<BR/>http://stishmael.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-71379065459243750152008-03-14T16:09:00.000+00:002008-03-14T16:09:00.000+00:00"My argument has been that the reasons given for t..."My argument has been that the reasons given for the regrading are invalid, that the salary paid to AMs is perfectly adequate, and that a rise in line with average rises in public sector pay, this year and in any other year, is adequate recompense."<BR/><BR/>I made a very similar point on my own blog, very true.<BR/><BR/>I think you have pretty much summed up the issue well.Southpaw Grammarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195993493927781388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-71127287054175561762008-03-14T12:44:00.000+00:002008-03-14T12:44:00.000+00:00The register of Members' interests is a publicly a...The register of Members' interests is a publicly available document on the Assembly's website, and even though it allows members to word things in ways which don't reveal the extent of their wealth, I think it's pretty clear who is likely to be the wealthiest. I don't think either of the Davieses named comes close.<BR/><BR/>Ian,<BR/><BR/>The treatment of public sector workers by Labour is indeedCeredighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328928643766735216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-61072629970678356772008-03-13T23:37:00.000+00:002008-03-13T23:37:00.000+00:00Why hasn't anyone wondered why the Labour activist...Why hasn't anyone wondered why the Labour activists attacking Plaid for being cynical, have not criticised their own party for cutting public sector pay in the first place?<BR/><BR/>Why is much of this argument ignoring the very issue that many Plaid AMs have tried to highlight through their actions?Ian Titheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648408300848231553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-25177217291354702162008-03-13T21:03:00.000+00:002008-03-13T21:03:00.000+00:00Isn't Alun Davies the richest AM now?Isn't Alun Davies the richest AM now?Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-78704259395021559332008-03-13T17:13:00.000+00:002008-03-13T17:13:00.000+00:00It was probably Glyn Davies up to the last electio...It was probably Glyn Davies up to the last election but hes gone back to his farm in Montgomeryshire to make more money since losing his seat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517537567072747632.post-11932486212287178872008-03-13T14:45:00.000+00:002008-03-13T14:45:00.000+00:00Is Billy Graham the richest AM in the village? The...Is Billy Graham the richest AM in the village? The only other ones who were there nine years ago are Bourne, Cairns and MeldingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com