A leading article

This evening, the London Evening Standard ran a page 2 article on the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, who has chosen voluntarily to take a £40,000 pay cut compared to her predecessor.

An editorial comment praised this move, and encouraged those on top end salaries to ‘follow Ms Dick’s fine example.’

 With policing budgets under pressure, this is a welcome indication that Ms Dick is in touch with reality. In many sectors the gap between executive and average pay is rising for no good reason.

Putting their money where their mouth is?

Given that the London Evening Standard’s incoming editor, George Osborne reportedly already earns in excess of £1.5 million per year (Politics and greed: seeking integrity and justice, 27th March 2017), I wonder whether he will follow his columnist’s advice and Ms Dick’s fine example?