MP's showing solidarity with the public in a time of crises

[bpoolrover]

what about the other labour mps that have second jobs, and check

Exactly right HR.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13106803.gordon-brown-is-highest-earning-mp-with-137m-but-he-gives-it-all-to-charity/

Only takes a second to check Bpool. There is simply no excuse for spreading that sort of untruth.

Exactly right HR.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13106803.gordon-brown-is-highest-earning-mp-with-137m-but-he-gives-it-all-to-charity/

Only takes a second to check Bpool. There is simply no excuse for spreading that sort of untruth.

are you for real lol yes your right he does give it to charity so fair play and I should not have used him, but it’s not a untruth is it as he did earn it? And there are others that have earned over 100k but you won’t mention them will you

[BillyStubbsTears]

Alastair Darling and Jack Straw Bpool?

Yes, they did and I strongly disparage them for doing so.

Happy?

[Hounslowrover]

Sorry Selby, it was Blackpool I meant.

[bpoolrover]

Alastair Darling and Jack Straw Bpool?

Yes, they did and I strongly disparage them for doing so.

Happy?

good as I’ve said I agree mps should only have one job

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Are you sure about the pay of NZ mps bfyp?

It was a quick Google search to establish it that suggested that.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Second point why would we disparage second jobs? Do we want career politicians or talented people? Isn't the problem the types who are solely politicians with no real world experience (yes Boris Johnson is a strong example).

Would I be an MP for the salary? No chance, it's too low.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Alastair Darling and Jack Straw Bpool?

Yes, they did and I strongly disparage them for doing so.

Happy?

good as I’ve said I agree mps should only have one job

As a broad principle, yes I agree. Certainly the idea of MPs acting as paid advisers to particular firms is reprehensible. As is MPs running hedge funds or legal practices. Personally, I would allow writing memoirs of a politician's time in high office, not least because there is a need to get that sort of stuff out for the historical record while it is still fresh in the mind. Churchill wrote a six volume epic "The Second World War" between 1945-1953, while he was Leader of the Opposition and PM. Similarly, Brown had been the pre-eminent world leader in coordinating the global response to the Great Recession. That was by far the greatest problem the world had had to deal with since the War and one Nobel Prize winning economist said at the time "Thank God for Gordon Brown because he is the only major leader who knows what we need to do economically to stop this turning into a Great Depression" (might not be the exact quote but it was words to that effect). In that light, it was vital that his experiences were recorded as soon as possible for the historical record.

[SydneyRover]

Are you sure about the pay of NZ mps bfyp?

It was a quick Google search to establish it that suggested that.

This link doesn't bear that out bfyp

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/106445791/politicians-pay-around-the-world-how-our-mps-salaries-stack-up

[BillyStubbsTears]

Second point why would we disparage second jobs? Do we want career politicians or talented people? Isn't the problem the types who are solely politicians with no real world experience (yes Boris Johnson is a strong example).

Would I be an MP for the salary? No chance, it's too low.

I hugely agree with you on the salary issue. We pay MPs less than most comp school deputy heads. We pay them less than almost anywhere else in the developed world. That is ridiculous. But MPs know that when they take on the job. I simply cannot see how an MP can run a hedge fund or a legal practice and give the MP job anything like the time it requires. Similarly, I find the idea of MPs hawking out their knowledge of what is going on in Westminster to whichever company will pay them the most to be reprehensible.