Do the maths!

Much is being made of the fact that the Government was able to find £1bn to "buy" the support of the DUP while keeping a 1% cap on public sector pay.  There are some 5 million public sector workers, so if that money had been given to them, they would each have got a one-off payment of around £200.  Better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper, as the saying goes, but hardly the game-changer it's being made out to be.