# The UK Prime Minister thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 9, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503 "2017-06-09T10:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![marineris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@marineris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marineris)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/101 "2017-06-28T20:02:43Z")
I’d guess the figure of 25,000 relates to the estimate by the Royal College of Nursing that the NHS has a shortfall of that amount of nursing staff. One year’s salary for 25,000 newly qualified nurses would cost about £550 million, so even factoring in different pay bands for actual unfilled positions you’d probably be left with a hefty chunk of change. Alternatively, if the actual cost of the Tory DUP pact is nearer the £2 billion figure that was floating around earlier, then £1.75 Billion would train 25,000 nurses. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/102 "2017-06-28T21:40:57Z")
In that context it’s epic and despicable. You could have 25,000 nurses and give them all a decent pay rise. Instead we have DUP knuckle draggers. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/103 "2017-06-29T17:50:03Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > That’s £1 billion - and significantly more - of public money. > > Someone said yesterday ts equal to 25, 000 extra nurses for the NHS. tbf, I can’t do the maths. It’s more than £500 for every man, woman and child in NI. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/104 "2017-06-29T18:17:51Z")
So, not as much as the Barnett Formula. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/105 "2017-06-29T18:50:06Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > It’s more than £500 for every man, woman and child in NI. Nationalising Royal Mail is apparently only £800 mill. You could do that and give nurses a decent raise. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/106 "2017-08-15T21:18:39Z")
Bump. Jacob Rees-Mogg is being heavily promoted. Only time will tell if this is silly-season stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/107 "2017-08-16T02:12:03Z")
The son of the old fellow who was justifiably lauded for always being _utterly_ wrong in his predictions ? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503/108 "2017-08-16T06:37:33Z")
Ah yes, Mystic Mogg. Just like all the economists. He did alright otherwise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-prime-minister-thread/788503.md?page=5)