MP pay rise

[rascal]

11%

This graph shows how their pay has risen quicker than the workers. (Really, it's sickening)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...s-pay-has-risen-quicker-than-the-workers.html

They can all **** off. Disgusting twunts.

 

[noharmdone]

John Heitinga gets £75k a week like..

 

[rascal]

John Heitinga gets £75k a week like..

and? that's totally irrelevant.

 

[noharmdone]

and? that's totally irrelevant.

If you think a footballers salary compared to that of an MP is ' irrelevant ' then fair enough..

I've never refused a pay rise, so I wouldn't expect anyone else to.

 

[rascal]

Footballers are paid the salary that their employers deem worthy. That's how capitalism works.

MPs though are free to decide how much they want to be paid. They're meant to represent us, but how can you do that when you live in a totally different world?

 

[toffeesnuggs]

11%

This graph shows how their pay has risen quicker than the workers. (Really, it's sickening)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...s-pay-has-risen-quicker-than-the-workers.html

They can all **** off. Disgusting twunts.

Not reading it mate, my head will explode

 

[tsubaki]

11%

This graph shows how their pay has risen quicker than the workers. (Really, it's sickening)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...s-pay-has-risen-quicker-than-the-workers.html

They can all **** off. Disgusting twunts.

The worst thing about that graph is that it is grossly undervalues how much more some MPs make. £15 dinner allowance, cabs, second homes etc etc etc

 

[Mrk]

Footballers are paid the salary that their employers deem worthy. That's how capitalism works.

MPs though are free to decide how much they want to be paid. They're meant to represent us, but how can you do that when you live in a totally different world?

Not anymore - that's the problem. That decision was handed over to some stupid quango after the expenses scandal.

 

[tonyhorne]

The worst thing about that graph is that it is grossly undervalues how much more some MPs make. £15 dinner allowance, cabs, second homes etc etc etc

They also seem to find the time to make a lot of extra money acting as "consultants" for various interest groups or companies etc.

I have lost all respect for the lot of them. Once they start applying the same terms and conditions to themselves that they impose on the rest of us in the public sector then I might start to think otherwise.......

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Davek please come and sort this.

 

[chrissyjack]

If I asked for an 11% pay rise , I know what answer I'd get

 

[rascal]

Not anymore - that's the problem. That decision was handed over to some stupid quango after the expenses scandal.

Let's be honest, that's as independent as a hand from a wrist.

 

[orly]

And yet you could become an MP far, far easier than a professional footballer, lawyer or doctor. Then you can have a year on year 11% pay rise

 

[Deloodid]

Worth every penny, its hard work governing us ya know.

 

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Andy Burnham ‏@andyburnhammp1m
“@citizendg: What is your opinion on the 11% pay rise for MPs?” > Wrong. Won't take it. Will destroy what's left of trust in MPs & politics.