So unfair on the “lower end of the scale” public servants. Many work incredibly hard for very little reward. You would be surprised how low the average public sector pension is.

There is never enough prepared to strike to make any difference. The loss of money is not compensated, at airports they bring in staff to cover ( more often than not paying them extra),

Recalling what his wife told the prime minister, Mr Ratcliffe said: "I just want you to know the mistake, the comments in 2017, had a lasting impact."

"She said I lived with that for ages and I knew it was a mistake, but it lingered."
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, who also attended the meeting, said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had "very clearly and categorically" told the prime minister that his words had had a "big impact" on her and that she "lived in the shadow" of them for four and a half years.
Ms Siddiq said the prime minister "looked quite shocked".

The stupid woman went to Iran and cost this country millions and now complains.

She doesn't deserve the taxpayer coin spent on her.

If she were a working class girl they would probably have cared even less, let alone had millions exchanged for her..... as our politicians have proven by ignoring rapes for decades up and down the country.

Edited by Stirlingsays (13 May 2022 9.06pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Do you really believe that the millions were ours by right then?

Don’t know what the plan is or which law was used. I believe assets are frozen not redeployed. Maybe they will go towards reparations to Ukraine in due course

This may be relevant

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”) sets out the legislative scheme for the recovery of criminal assets with criminal confiscation being the most commonly used power. Confiscation occurs after a conviction has taken place. Other means of recovering the proceeds of crime which do not require a conviction are provided for in the Act, namely civil recovery, cash seizure and taxation powers. The aim of the asset recovery schemes in POCA is to deny criminals the use of their assets, recover the proceeds of crime and disrupt and deter criminality. Since 2010, more than £746 million of criminal assets has been seized (to 2013/14) across all four methods of recovery – a record amount. Over the same period, assets worth more than £2.5 billion have been frozen denying criminals access to these resources and £93 million has been returned to victims.