Yes, those untaxed public-sector workers, eh? Terrible. There they are, not paying any tax for years, the untaxed swines, while those in the private sector pay loads of tax, the heavily taxed martyrs.

I don't think anyone's been particularly constructive on this. The government is appealing to its hard-right yapping dogs, the line being swallowed as usual by the sort of people who used to tell you never to believe all you read in the newspapers (until they started believing everything that was in the Daily Mail); the unions to their own equivalent. The numbers don't appear to back either side's case quite as much as they say they do.

In any case, this thread appears to have fallen victim to the usual he said she said nonsense. I wonder why. To return it to its origins, I would humbly suggest that Clarkson of all people should be wary of flights of fancy involving the shooting of people whose politics he doesn't like, given his extensive appearances in Breivik's dossier. He has belatedly appreciated this. Unison are entitled to be concerned byhis words, but should probably have kept their concerns rather quieter.