Poor poor Tory MP

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Juan-sheet

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The grim realities of living on £82k a year as an MP

seriously at this time with what these scummy bas****s are putting the poorest people in this country through this absolute Doyle comes out with this.

words absolutely fail me.

Seriously
 
Mountain Climber said:
One of the most unbelievably narcissistic and insightless stories relates to Prince Harry. His bleating 'woe is me' by being 'deprived' of the 'perks' of being a royal. What planet do these people live on? Do they really expect sympathy from many who will lose their £20 universal credit top ups? Those who literally have to count every penny to make ends meet. It defies belief.
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It’s not just the £20 it’s the cost of living is going to go through the roof & NI contributions up. Energy bills & now council tax.
Beggars belief
 
It just beggars belief. How these people can sleep easily in their beds at night knowing their policies will inflict real hardship on families is staggering. They do not live in the real world clearly.

They get enormous salaries and some still claim for every penny they can on expenses. Heartless and greedy beyond contempt.
 
I’m more concerned about the actual quotes of an elected member of the government who are inflicting their policies on the country, than a story about Prince Harry from a press that is generally hostile to him anyway.
 
They talk about the fact that the uplift was supposed to be temporary but the fact is that a single UC claimant would in cash terms be £1.60 per week only better off than 2 years ago.

For those with in work benefits this lot are even willing to lie about how people can top up their earnings.

If Bottomley retired at the next election his pension just from being an MP would be around 200k a year, without any private provision and other jobs or income.
 
Mountain Climber said:
That's surprising it's not as if he is averse to speaking to the press and promoting himself as the poor relation financially outcast by his naughty obscenely wealthy family. Tut tut poor Harry haha. Those families struggling to make ends meet and wonder where money is to feed their children now must really empathise with his plight.

Dream on with your paranoia and wrong assumptions and have a good day.
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I just wanted to read the actual story you were referring to, to see what he said.

That's all.
 
I would have to agree that MPs are not paid enough, dont agree about the timing and the fact that its difficult to live on £82K a year.

Why would any professional at the top of their career be it Education, Engineering, Military, Business, Medical etc decide to become a MP, and see their whole lives (personal and family, including any mistakes they made in their youth) be scrutinised and then have a huge drop in wages.
Continuous abuse (physical and mental) of being in the public domain (Jo Cox, Dianne Abbott, Stephen Timms etc).
To become an MP should be seen as the peak of your professional career in this country, instead it attracts extremes from the both sides or people who were born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

MPs also shouldn't be allowed to earn any money from alternative sources whilst in office and should not be allowed to choose their staff (to easy to pick family members, friends etc).
 
He's talking mostly detached garbage - if he wants some kind of reform on wages- then check out the qualifying of people who want to go into this "game".
maybe - No career politcos ( student/union/press/intern/"researcher" etc like the Camerons/Corbyns ) they should of had a job or run a business for at least 10 years - be at least 31 years old.
Vetted for financial status and character to withstand being corrupted. Which leads to a complete banning of Lobbying by fiscal/corporational etc interests.
Maybe only LOCAL people should represent - rather than being parachuted in.
Ban on revolving door jobs for ex MPs - those kind of things and more , then perhaps think about paying more for the poor darlings.
 
It really is pathetic especially at this time to bring out those quotes, but I was shocked by how low that salary actually is for the job. We have managers at work on similar money with probably 1/10 of the responsibility and work of an MP. Not exactly sympathetic to their situation but when you compare it to other jobs its actually quite surprising
 
JM14 said:
It really is pathetic especially at this time to bring out those quotes, but I was shocked by how low that salary actually is for the job. We have managers at work on similar money with probably 1/10 of the responsibility and work of an MP. Not exactly sympathetic to their situation but when you compare it to other jobs its actually quite surprising
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I don't go along with the MPs have responsibility arguments. Anyone can become an MP with virtually no accountability. It's also only a part time job as the register of other interests confirms. Compared with a worker with real responsibility in a care home, they are overpaid. There's certainly no shortage of people wanting the job so supply and demand suggests it's overpaid as well.
 
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bear66 said:
I don't go along with the MPs have responsibility arguments. Anyone can become an MP with virtually no accountability. It's also only a part time job as the register of other interests confirms. Compared with some a worker with real responsibility in a care home, they are overpaid. There's certainly no shortage of people wanting the job so supply and demand suggests it's overpaid as well.
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I agree bear. Little or no responsability, part time and no accountability.

They can be fired every 5 years but then most of us can be fired at any time.
 
Laughing said:
I agree bear. Little or no responsability, part time and no accountability.

They can be fired every 5 years but then most of us can be fired at any time.
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And that's what's wrong.
Should be FULL responsibility, FULL accountability, FULL time (and then proper professional wages) - like any other top professional job.
Then politicians would be held in high esteem (unlike now).
 
It is an incredibly responsible job, but they have no accountability. They are literally responsible for the lives of millions of people, but they fail in that responsibility and suffer no accountability for their (in)actions. I imagine it's quite a strain for a genuine and conscientious MP, but obviously many simply don't care.

I'd be happy if they were paid more, but couldn't have second jobs or ties with other businesses, and were actually accountable for their actions.
 
He should retrain to drive an HGV.

Perhaps this is the leveling up that Johnson is advocating? Pay everyone the same. A true socialist view that all work is of equal value and should be equally rewarded? Even Jezza didn't go that far...
 
Muttley said:
He should retrain to drive an HGV.

Perhaps this is the leveling up that Johnson is advocating? Pay everyone the same. A true socialist view that all work is of equal value and should be equally rewarded? Even Jezza didn't go that far...
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No need to retrain. His first job after university was driving an HGV.
 
Wasn't he listening to Edwina? Loads of jobs going if he needs a second income. Could walk into a kitchen porters job tomorrow I'm sure. And Christmas is coming so even more lovely jobs there he could do.
 
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