Cost of Monarchy

[davth]

Not much changed on here in all the years I've been out of it, so I'll throw this one in for nothing and disappear for another 10 years. Re the First Minister of Scotland's salary, get the facts right before you blurt mis-information out on here. Nicola Sturgeon may be ENTITLED to a certain salary but a) she doesn't claim it and b) her recent disclosure of her tax return details EXACTLY what she earns. In comparison to all the other politicians in the UK never mind in Europe, this item will give you an indication of earnable salaries including where politicians, including the Speaker of the House of Commons, who is also an elected MP, earn more than a lot of the rest and some of them publish earnings of hundreds of thousands. As per usual, some folk don't bother with the real facts, they're more interested in the soundbites. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articl...-who-gets-what

On the contrary a tax return will only detail what you have declared.
Bundles of cash in brown envelopes tend not to be declared on the old tax return.

[weeboyagee]

The First Minister is unlikely to be pocketing brown envelopes of cash or manage to not square her tax return with her salary. Even if your statement had some truth then it would be all things being equal to everyone and every position detailed on the list.

[davth]

The First Minister is unlikely to be pocketing brown envelopes of cash or manage to not square her tax return with her salary. Even if your statement had some truth then it would be all things being equal to everyone and every position detailed on the list.

No one is saying her tax return is anything other than correct.
My point is that a tax return is only whats declared.

a politician, unlikely to be taking bungs??
Nope thats never been heard of has it??