Rayvin

Yep, give me a bit and I'll join you.

Where is that referenced out of interest? It does seem clear that a majority are content or higher in terms of happiness with him.

I'm buying in Sandyford at the moment which is to Jesmond what South Gosforth is to Gosforth (IMO). Depends what you're looking for though? New builds or places with character?

Fair enough, but what follows it?

Given that she chose to run for leader and to see this through, you should have precisely zero sympathy for her.

Of course. It's just so obvious.

You make it sound as though this is planned and Illuminati style though which I'm not certain I agree with. Who are these people?

Ah ok I'm with you now. So you're in effect suggesting that less social movement, as we're seeing, is part of the plan. Sort of like how FIFA implemented financial fair play in football, having the effect of entrenching the wealth, success and power of those at the top already and making it more difficult for anyone else to ascend to the same level. That's a grim overview. Feasible though... It would only work in a society where economics has wholly overtaken politics as the keeper of power though. I'm not sure we're quite (Brexit) there yet.

I suspect they would become a factor if we lived in some kind of entirely unmotivated future civilisation though...

Yikes, sounds grim... glad you're better.

Agree but disagree. People need something to aspire to, you can't just aim to move around a finite amount of capital. We should be looking beyond wealth of a material sort though - possibly developing science and tech and reaching out beyond the planet we're on.

I'm actually having to resist apologising presently... I'll finish it this week, I promise.

I'm close to finished I'm just not a fast book reader. Plus I keep reading things then going off to research around them further and so on. I'm not well versed on finance so it requires a bit of effort.

It was my dad who got me it but the sentiment was likely the same.

I got that for Christmas, but I'm finishing the one you suggested first. I'll look forward to it then!

Which book?

Absolutely spot on. Why they're even bothering to pretend otherwise escapes me entirely. It's clear as day.

Fair enough.

No that's totally understandable. I checked Corbyn's statement on the matter and he hasn't actually said how it would benefit anyone.

I would actually welcome your thoughts on the last post on executive pay. I don't think we can push any further on Corbyn - you don't like him and think he's utterly hopeless, but his positions in my view do make a certain amount of sense.

I assume you wanted more than just my response? I did reply...

We've done this bit of the conversation already.

Base pay, no. Bonuses quite possibly, if tied to profit. If it is in the CEO's interests to pay people as little as possible, they will. It makes the company more profitable and makes them look more successful. My company does it, I'm sure 99.9% of companies elsewhere do it too. If the CEO is motivated to ensure that employees are paid fairly relative to the performance of the company, then they will ensure that this is done. Since the economic slowdown, wages have been squeezed and executive pay has risen. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/aug/08/uks-top-bosses-earned-10-pay-rise-2015-average-salary-hit-55m - Executive pay https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jul/27/uk-joins-greece-at-bottom-of-wage-growth-league-tuc-oecd - Wages in general As such, we need to align executives interests with those of the people who work for them. This would be a way of achieving that. I really don't understand what the issue you have with this is, especially as, and I've now said this three times, there wouldn't necessarily be any impact on their salaries depending on the levels set and how fairly they pay their staff.

I'm just putting over what his views are. I support the sentiment behind them and accept that, realistically, he has to make some manner of attempt at a political solution rather than an idealistic one. But with that said, I don't want to see any of my foreign friends or colleagues deported, and would prefer for us to have full single market access with no caveats. So no, on this I am not fully aligned with Corbyn. I am capable of understanding the position he is in, however.