Salary rage: the new obsession in tough times
A shortlist of people we can all admire would have to include the boss of the social-care charity Turning Point, Lord Adebowale. The people's peer was modest, free of cliché and humane when interviewed by Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs. Perhaps his lack of anger about racist episodes or the relative poverty of his childhood stemmed from his philosophy of treating others and their stories as individual rather than by category or class. Asked about caring for those, "at the bottom of the pile", he replied: "They're just people." He was also shrewd about being courted by the Government on the Big Society: "Do not confuse access with influence."
There was only one harsh note during the interview, which was when Ms Young mentioned his £85,000 salary. Lord Adebowale sounded rattled. He argued that he worked hard for the money, that he was paid less than the Prime Minister (a touch of vanity here in the implicit suggestion that his job is directly comparable) and much less than the bankers who have wrecked the economy.
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