... glad to see it. I did not say the man in the street is better off than ever. What I did say was he thin'ks he is better off than ever, an entirely different matter. Pay you earn is simply another name for income tax, and Ripsaw must not treat this as an expense, but regard it as his contribution to keep in power thoroughly incompetent Socialist Government, which would have crashed ...

... During the first year's working of the National Health Service, dentists in the Lothian and Peebles area (which excludes Edinburgh) on the average earned nearly twice as much as doctors. Opticians earned an average of £1248 each and one working on his own was paid £14,077. These figures, which will be presented to the area executive council on Monday Chairman Mr G. Cruickshank. apply to a ...