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ref date:23 May 1999  (ECON)  
 Wages for subjugation - Scotlands folly
 
Here are the salaries that will be paid to the London loving hangers on that
the less-than-bright Scottish LABOUR voter elected.
 
These people will do as Blair in London wants and keep the Scots
at heel, like the curs at the house of Windsors scrap table.
 
 £ 1 = $1.68 (May 1999)
 
 
 Donald Dewar            £130,680
 First minister 
 Ministerial salary       £ 64,307
 Westminster MP*          £ 46,327
 MSP (50%)                £ 20,046
 Jim Wallace              £ 99,732
 Deputy first minister
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 Westminster MP           £ 46,327
 MSP (50%)                £ 20,046
 Henry McLeish            £ 99,732
 Minister for enterprise 
 and lifelong learning
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 Westminster MP           £ 46,327
 MSP (50%)                £ 20,046
 Sam Galbraith            £ 99,732
 Minister for children 
 and education
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 Westminster MP           £ 46,327
 MSP (50%)                £ 20,046
 Jack McConnell           £ 73,451
 Minister for finance
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 MSP                      £ 40,092
 Tom McCabe               £ 73,451
 Business manager
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 MSP                      £ 40,092
 Ross Finnie              £ 73,451
 Minister for 
 rural affairs
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 MSP                      £ 40,092
 Wendy Alexander          £ 73,451
 Minister for 
 social inclusion
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 MSP                      £ 40,092
 Susan Deacon             £ 73,451
 Minister for health 
 and  community care
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 MSP                      £ 40,092
 Sarah Boyack             £ 73,451
 Minister for transport 
 and the environment
 Ministerial              £ 33,359
 MSP                      £ 40,092
 Lord Hardie              £ 82,465
 Lord advocate   
 DEPUTY MINISTERS
 Jackie Baillie             £ 57,397
 Social inclusion, equality, 
 the voluntary sector
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Rhona Brankin              £ 57,397
 Culture and sport
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Iain Gray                  £ 57,397
 Community care
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 John Home Robertson        £ 83,678     
 Fisheries and land reform
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 Westminster MP             £ 46,327
 MSP                        £ 20,046
 Frank McAveety             £ 57,397
 Local government
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Angus McKay                £ 57,397
 Justice
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Alasdair Morrison          £ 57,397     
 Highlands, islands and 
 gaelic
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Peter Peacock              £ 57,397
 Children and education
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Iain Smith                 £ 57,397
 Business manager and whip
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Nicol Stephen              £ 57,397
 Enterprise and lifelong 
 learning
 Ministerial                £ 17,305
 MSP                        £ 40,092
 Colin Boyd                 £ 69,572
 Solicitor general
 CABINET POLICY UNIT
 John Rafferty              £ 76,000
 Chief of staff
 David Whitton              £ 74,000
 Nine special advisers      £ 360,000
 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
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 John Reid                  £ 91,528
 Secretary of state
 Calum MacDonald            £ 25,300
 Local government, housing, 
 transport, home affairs
 Lord Macdonald             £ 44,800
 Business, industry, 
 education
 Lord Sewel                 £ 44,800
 Agriculture, environment, 
 fisheries, forestry
 
Scottish MSPs get 1/2 their London salary.
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