Spread Like Wildfire
Now like most good stories this is not quite as dramatic as it sounds - because in a small sample (which this is) just a couple of returns can distort the 'average' result quite badly.
The statisticians out there will know that it's always better to use the 'median' figure - which is a much better indicator of what's really going on - because it screens out rogue results whether high or low.
And the median increase turns out to be 16% - not 49% - which is still a disgrace - but it's better to get your facts right and not exaggerate things - in my view anyway.
So what can be done about Britain's bosses handing themselves such huge pay rises - when everyone else is struggling with the cost of living?
Well the people behind the survey - Incomes Data Services - could tell us all who the companies are - the names and details of the worst offenders.
I'm sure people would raise their voices with the companies concerned - if they buy their products or use their services.
I know I would - but I don't know where to start.
Maybe the anti-capitalists in London and elsewhere can do something practical to help - because they seem to have lots of time on their hands.
Knowledge is power - and if these details are posted on the Internet - then ordinary people will respond and be inspired to take up the fight.
Whereas at the moment they don't know who to name and shame.
What the anti-capitalists need to grasp is that most people are not anti-capitalist - but they do hate corporate greed and bad behaviour.
Tap into that rich vein of support - and it will spread like wildfire.
But it requires hard work and imagination - and a willingness to get ordinary people on your side.
