SO Mark Boden is to receive an annual wage increase of £15,000, justified by Chris Humphries by "if you pay peanuts you only get monkeys".

It is largely many of us "monkeys" beavering ant-like with the everyday mechanics of working life that keep the country going.

This enables the top dogs and fat cats to quietly ruminate in their ivory towers, making the executive decisions that middle management tremble in fear of and pass on to those who would love to even earn £15,000 a year, let alone £15,000 more.

D FRY

Market Lavington