MP salary e-petition

[pgkevet]

[url]https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/44225[/url]

[PorscheBoy]

Done, they deserve a 32% cut!

[KevDavies]

Signed! Wnakers deserve more than a 32% cut!!

Get them on minimum wage!! Then watch how fast they sort the country out!! Hate politicians with a vengence!!

[RcRotaryMadness]

Yeah bit much when the country is in such a mess... as the people who run it how can they justify the pay rise?

[waveydavey]

I might be wrong but the way I read it is that the MP's have nothing to do with this, it's a separate board IPSA which have concluded that they deserve it, all 3 party leaders have said that it's innapropriate.

I've signed it anyway as I can see there is no way they're going to knock it back.

[RcRotaryMadness]

I think it is an "independant" board that decide BUT you really have to wonder just how independant that board is.

If the country was a private company the CEO and his board of merry men would have all been locked up by now.

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[pug907]

I'm not even sure what the bloody hell they do for us?? if anything??

[PorscheBoy]

[QUOTE=pug907;1080828]I'm not even sure what the bloody hell they do for us?? if anything??[/QUOTE]
They happily screw you, make you work to ever more older years, increase your pension contributions whilst the cost of living goes up, they ensure pay rises are behind inflationand stay totally out of touch with the country, what more could you want..."

[pgkevet]

[QUOTE=pug907;1080828]I'm not even sure what the bloody hell they do for us?? if anything??[/QUOTE]

they don't do anything for you... they do whatever for themselves under the guise of working for us.
A true democracy would have a ballot paper option of 'none of this lot , give me someone else' And if 50%+ vote for that then we get new candidates or policies

[Thomas]

Has anyone actually thought that if we paid the people who run our country properly then we might not have such a bunch of morons in parliament!

[PorscheBoy]

[QUOTE=Thomas;1080888]Has anyone actually thought that if we paid the people who run our country properly then we might not have such a bunch of morons in parliament![/QUOTE]
Are you serious? They are already paid enough and they claim expenses for anything and everything, most of them have two homes, so surely they are not hard up.
They should be sued for misappropriation of funds when you look at the tax we are paying (which in real terms approaches 80-90% when you consider direct and indirect taxes). If it was a company with share holders the management team would be sacked. Useless idiots

[PorscheBoy]

£75,000pa, includes a £7,500 rise, when everybody else is lucky to get 2%. Anyone who has sympathy or acceptance for this proposed 11% rise needs to look deep within. There can be no justification for such an excessive increase. Crap this makes me soo angry.

[pgkevet]

[QUOTE=Thomas;1080888]Has anyone actually thought that if we paid the people who run our country properly then we might not have such a bunch of morons in parliament![/QUOTE]

..hardly morons. Most have other jobs, directorships, speaking engagements, backhanders for after they've left (if not any good at hiding stuff while mp's).. expenses, employ family members etc. Just look back at what they were caught for that wasn' legitimae for an idea. Even have a subsidised bar and canteen. Loo at blair for a fine example.. just he person to have as mid east peace envoy after bombing Iraq. And he charges £150 for a photo with him as just one petty scam.

[Jez N]

The Independent parliamentary standards authority is in charge of the increase and all 3 main parties have criticised the decision.

However they will pay for it by reducing their perks (duck ponds etc) and also their pension contributions will increase and type of pension change in line with other public sector workers.

Personally I don't believe they will be better off. I also don't think it's an unreasonable salary given that you are trying to attract the best people to run the country. Not suggesting for a second that this lot are the best. But if you pay peanuts you will get monkeys!!

[pug907]

[QUOTE=PorscheBoy;1080841]They happily screw you, make you work to ever more older years, increase your pension contributions whilst the cost of living goes up, they ensure pay rises are behind inflationand stay totally out of touch with the country, what more could you want..."[/QUOTE]

Oh cool, I'd hate to think I was party to any social or economical upturn. I feel much better now lol