IT appears that Prime Minister David Cameron is unhappy with the European Union's proposal to limit bankers' bonuses to 200% of their basic salary.
He thinks the measure would drive talented individuals out of the UK to work in Singapore or Zurich or New York.
It has to be said that it's a pity that some of these financial geniuses didn't quit the UK years ago. If they had, perhaps the rest of us wouldn't be burdened with quite so much national debt and there would be less excuse for the Government to impose draconian cuts affecting mainly the poorest in our society.
Many of the bankers who received enormous bonuses did so by taking great risks with other people's money, and it's hard to tell whether they were smart or lucky.
Their casino-like behaviour contributed nothing to national wellbeing and it's good to see the EU taking steps to remove some of the temptation to gamble.
Doug Maughan,
52 Menteith View,
Dunblane.
WE have all been taken for mugs for a long time, and it has not just been British Gas to blame ("Anger after Scottish Gas owner reveals hike in profits", The Herald, February 28).
Many other large companies appear more interested in keeping their shareholders sweet and giving large bonuses to senior managers who have helped increased the profits. This they achieve through the simple expedient of increasing our bills.
It is clear they will cross the line and ignore the philosophy of "customer first" to boost dividends.
I was hit with a £31 a month 14% increase in my dual-fuel direct debit payments this year with British Gas but only received a 0.15% salary increase. The company didn't know that, but I'm not the only one.
Why don't we all begin to walk away from companies that exploit us, and give our allegiance to smaller ones that would be able to keep their costs lower, with the large influx of our business they would receive.
That may make the bigger boys sit up and think, but can only have an impact and be successful if the tactic were deployed en masse.
John Ross,
45 Fereneze Avenue,
Clarkston,
Glasgow.
IT really is pathetic when there is public grumbling about British Gas making a £600 million profit when bankers gave themselves £13 billion in bonuses last year.
If British Gas is taking profits from the pockets of the customers where do people think that the bankers get their bonuses from? The tooth fairy?
David J Crawford,
Flat 3/3 131 Shuna Street,
Glasgow.
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