TRXnMe said:Jeltz said:If we cut their wages the only effect would be to force out people who can't afford to be an MP in favour of those that already have money but want power!
The issue is that the current batch are **** and if you have a poor quality work force you have to invest to get a better one.
Sorry, but I heard this argument when Maggie was in power, and they got the pay rise back then, look who that got us!!!
Probably true, but those who are capable would probably want £170k and then we'd get all the out of work bankers queuing up to get on the soap box. MP's....Bankers :hmm: Not sure which is worse. Best thing is put the lot on a desolate island and then use it for bombing practice. Then we could offer a pay rise and maybe get some who give a sh*t about the country instead of lining their own pockets. Oh and cut their pension too. And double their contributions.Jeltz said:If Tesco or any major company offered £70k to a prospective board member then they would be told to shove it.
Jeltz said:TRXnMe said:Jeltz said:If we cut their wages the only effect would be to force out people who can't afford to be an MP in favour of those that already have money but want power!
The issue is that the current batch are **** and if you have a poor quality work force you have to invest to get a better one.
Sorry, but I heard this argument when Maggie was in power, and they got the pay rise back then, look who that got us!!!
You're missing the point. I'm not saying the current load are any good just that considering what we as a country are paying them is it any wonder that they are ****.
If Tesco or any major company offered £70k to a prospective board member then they would be told to shove it. Now there is an argument for altruistic people to be in charge of the country but personally I would rather they were competent and had a proven record of success rather than just a nice person who thinks it would be awfully good to spend money on this and that without a real handle on where that money is going to come from.
TRXnMe said:MPs aren't the board though, that's the cabinet, they get paid more than a normal MP does.
The last truly skillful governemnt we had was Maggie's second term, before she started to get too loopy and still had people who were millionaires in theor own right (Heseltine for example) on the cabinet.
Actually teachers holidays are not all that great . . . The vast majority of people who have been to school seem to think that teachers behave like students when they are on holiday . . . i.e. do nothing!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:Dronfieldbrewer said:.Also the working year for most MPs is like school teachers. They get most of the summer and xmas off for recess.
Dronfieldbrewer said:Sorry to add fuel to the fire here. Many MPs also hold directorships for other companies, which they get as they are seen to be in influence within Parliament. ..Also the working year for most MPs is like school teachers. They get most of the summer and xmas off for recess.
I don't want to tar all MPs with the same brush but ask yourself this....who is my MP and how do I get to talk to them...I for one have no idea as to who my local MP is
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