asperity Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 It seems the little piggies are feeling hard done by: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9794564/We-are-underpaid-and-deserve-a-rise-of-20000-say-MPs.html Nobody forced any of them to stand for election, and they knew what they would be getting paid for doing very little, so what is their complaint? For a lot of them the only rise they deserve is to the top of the lamp-post by th neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Unbelievable, that they should ask for one, and even more unbelievable that they do it now, but if we are all in it together will the rest of us get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 We have the wrong people in parliament, they are amateurs who cream off as much as they can get. If we could attract the right sort of people, as the banks tell us they try and do, then the extra money in pay would be well spent, but I would stop extra 'expenses', and I would get rid of their gold plated final salary pension scheme, just like everyone else had to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 The reason they do it - is cos they can. They've no one to answer to, except the electorate, and the electorate keep voting them in. Any independent rational appraisal would cut their number by 50% saving around £50million. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 I think these people stay in their positions because voter apathy allows them to stay where they are , but whoever else was in power would keep the same T's & C's i suspect.For these people & their cronies the gravy train is here to stay. I wonder when forelock tugging will come back for us minions ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Surely you don't begrudge our honest and hard working politicians a modest 32% pay rise. After all they have lost all that fiddle money so they now have to pay to have their own moats cleaned, which is not cheap. After all can't have the revolting peasants falling into a dirty moat and then suing them for any disease they may catch as a consequence can we. After all what's a mere £20,000 pounds, three nights in the hilton hotel,three weeks travelling expenses,six months tech support for the ipads. It's not even a decent deposit on a second home. Come on folks they are really struggling to make ends meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Doesn't MP stand for more pay. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Close, ..... money + power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeway60 Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 I'm all for increasing MP's pay providing they give up their lucrative consultancies, directorships etc etc and just concentrate on what they were elected for I.E. representing us, the great unwashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Unless you happen to have fallen in the moat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 I see one of them is now a bit miffed because she can't sell her £ 1.8 m home due to "the difficulty in the housing market " ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 She could rent it out to the Romanians and Bulgarians, due to be pouring in next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Times must be hard as one was in that jungle thingy and one (a baroness no less) is Dancing on Ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Should that not be dancing on thin ice Peter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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