Before the election, 'Call Me Dave' Cameron said that top earners in the public sector should not earn more than 20 times the lowest earners in their organisation.Well, yesterday they published a supposed 'shock horror' list of top 172 civil service salaries... and we note something of a problem with 'Call Me Dave's' artithmetic.
Take for example Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, Ministry of Defence - on a salary of £244,999. A moment with a calculator reveals that this equates to 20 times a salary of £12,249... somewhat less than the entry level AA salary of £14,726 in the MoD.
In fact, going by 'Call Me Dave's' reackoning, Sir Jock could realistically claim his salary should be more like £294,519.
Addendum: Probably also worth pointing out that Sir Jock is serving military... not civil service, so why is he on the list in the first place? (see above post)
