Jesus wept it gets worse

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Johnson and all the ministers resigning are entitled to £420k severance pay.

A £420k reward for lies, sleaze and criminal activities and it's win/win for them.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Severance pay for resigning. Reform is badly needed, our political system is rotten.

 

[Jedi boro]

Johnson and all the ministers resigning are entitled to £420k severance pay.

A £420k reward for lies, sleaze and criminal activities and it's win/win for them.

Yep that’s why he’ll go.

To be fair though that’s a statute issue nothing to do with tories as labour were the same.

 

[Andy_W]

Johnson and all the ministers resigning are entitled to £420k severance pay.

A £420k reward for lies, sleaze and criminal activities and it's win/win for them.

Does that include the one's who were there a day?

Surely they're going to hand that back?

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

£21 million of our cash unnecessarily wasted on these slugs.

 

[Johngannonsunderpants]

That's disgraceful.

 

[ThePrisoner]

I'm sure there will be a clause requiring them to have been in post for a minimum period but if not these honourable people will gracefully decline the cash as a matter of principle.

 

[Kowalski]

Yep that’s why he’ll go.

To be fair though that’s a statute issue nothing to do with tories as labour were the same.

I was not aware of this, reform is required. They must all wish they were football managers, they would be better off getting the sack!

 

[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

I'm sure there will be a clause requiring them to have been in post for a minimum period but if not these honourable people will gracefully decline the cash as a matter of principle.

Apparently not, even if you're in post for hours (as some of them have been)

 

[ThePrisoner]

Apparently not, even if you're in post for hours (as some of them have been)

Kerching!!

Maybe it is part of Johnson's plan. 'Look, I can get you £400k for literally no work provided you do me a little favour in a couple of weeks'.

 

[sherlock]

Surely there must then be some clause that they can't accept another ministerial post within a certain time period?!

 

[Steer]

On the basis that he thought that £250k for writing a few newspaper articles was "chickenfeed", perhaps he will do the decent thing and not accept this payment.

Hang on -- oh look... there is a pig flying past my upstairs window!!!???

 

[NoloBoro]

Surely there must then be some clause that they can't accept another ministerial post within a certain time period?!

Is that a belief or merely a desire?

 

[sherlock]

It seems it's £420k total between them (still bad enough) and not each (which would have been worse).

 

[sherlock]

Is that a belief or merely a desire?

No idea if there is such a clause, but there should be!

 

[Teesste]

Resigning Ministers Should Hand Back £400,000 of Redundancy Pay | The Highland Times

thehighlandtimes.com

I think the figure quoted is the total across all resigning ministers, not each!

Seems quite rightly that there is already pressure on them not to accept it and I think I saw earlier that the recently appointed Education Secretary is giving hers to charity?!?! ... although it is still tax payers money being used!

 

[NoloBoro]

No idea if there is such a clause, but there should be!

Oh, I agree my friend but I’d be surprised. It’s folly to expect the rules of decency to apply to the political class. Integrity is just for ‘ordinary people’.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

It does get worse. James Cleverley has just been appointed Education Secretary!!!!!

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

It does get worse. James Cleverley has just been appointed Education Secretary!!!!!

He'll be getting severance pay shortly.

 

[Low_Key]

the outgoing education secretary is going to donate hers to a local charity

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544982457207898113