Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: SE England
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They should lead by example in times of austerity.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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quote: Originally posted by Sunz
They should lead by example in times of austerity.
Like fuck you'd turn it down though.
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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Why not move parliament to somewhere else, up north maybe, that would be far cheap in the long run with all this second house bollocks. Big row of terraced houses with a community centre in middle, job done!
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
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The thing is MP's have absolutely no influence in it either way.
Our local MP has been quite vocal about how he already considers himself very well paid and that this rise gives out all the wrong signals but there is nothing he can do about it.
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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quote: Originally posted by Pop
8% raise in 2 years time, seems ok to me.
[Edited on 11-07-2013 by Pop]
not when they have frozen pay of the rest of public sector
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Do most MP's not make more money elsewhere? Mostly doing things they shouldn't be but other business interests or whatever.
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Gavin
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FOOK OFF ARE WE!!!!
pew pew pew pewwwww
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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They should be paid £150,000.
That way the jobs would attract the brightest best working class people who would have no outside interests such as being directors of companies which take up a % of their time and who would be 100% focused on the job. Rather than only attract the wealthy who will no doubt have other interests which could distract them.
The expenses system should be scrapped though. The government should build or buy apartments near to parliament for them to stay when in London and away from their constituency.
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chrex
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Registered: 26th Aug 07
Location: Brawdy/Wirral
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My pay jumped by £7k when i got promoted to Lance Corporal at the end of my trade course...taxpayers are paying for that too, should i say no?
[Edited on 11-07-2013 by chrex]
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gazza808
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Registered: 30th Jun 08
Location: Peterborough
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quote: Originally posted by chrex
My pay jumped by £7k when i got promoted to Lance Corporal at the end of my trade course...taxpayers are paying for that too, should i say no?
No because you've trained more,
Have new responsibilities etc.
And you effectively have a new role,
That's different to getting 7k for doing nothing new.
[Edited on 11-07-2013 by gazza808]
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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On the face of it I see no problem as its buttons.
But the whole rest of the place is supposed to be doing their bit and mucking in. So it seems insensitive to say the least. For what they do they don't get paid a lot, but as mentioned they earn the majority of wonga outside of that.
So I call shenanigans
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