stop MP's moonlighting
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They should be allowed to literally moonlight - to do a second job at night. But they must be on the benches for the start of morning business and woe betide the parliamentarian who danders in late
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
I understand why the early Labour movement argued for the role of MP to receive a salary so that working class representatives could put themselves forward for candidature, but I'm at a loss to get why that remuneration has to be nearly 3X the mean wage. Far from arguing that MPs will be less corrupt if only we paid them more, I'd argue for a £30k salary, close to the mean, and if that puts off psychopathic cunts who are on the make...so much the better.
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Starry Wisdom
If they want an £80k salary then they should put in the hours. Which ought to mean about four weeks leave. None of this several months off in the summer. It's a kick in the teeth for taxpayers when the people who polish the green benches have huge pensions and at least four months off each year.
gosub
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eleventy-two.
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Yeh they only sit when they can't stand
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I’d go with paying them national median wage. Call it “performance-related pay”.
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They'd only merit a fiver a week on that basis
gosub
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Are you counting being a Minister as a second job?
gosub
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Not sure why you laughed? Thrust of your and others arguement seems to be how very dare MP's not spend every minute working for their constituents. Half of them are there, because they either want to or are climbing the greasy pole of government. Which is a seperate job ,one that will eat into their time though quite well renumerated.
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Books, not bombs
As if he is not busy enough being prime minister, he has had Brexit to deal with and to top that covid. So what does he do, he trys to write a book about Shakespeare!
www.theguardian.com
Boris Johnson offered to pay for help writing Shakespeare biography, says scholar
Academic was asked to be available at short notice ‘when Johnson found space in his diary’, but turned the project down
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Three incidences of absence in a year and HR gets called in to put them on performance management.
gosub
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tbf Looks like he took the half million before being on front benches and somebody wants his homework. Intresting the Yanks think he's got space in his diary for a book launch next MarchAs if he is not busy enough being prime minister, he has had Brexit to deal with and to top that covid. So what does he do, he trys to write a book about Shakespeare!
Boris Johnson offered to pay for help writing Shakespeare biography, says scholar
Academic was asked to be available at short notice ‘when Johnson found space in his diary’, but turned the project down
Serene
Slightly disgruntled
Indeed, and err he er needs to er learn er to speak err English er though er first before he er starts er to er think that er he er can er understand er Shakespeare first.As if he is not busy enough being prime minister, he has had Brexit to deal with and to top that covid. So what does he do, he trys to write a book about Shakespeare!
Boris Johnson offered to pay for help writing Shakespeare biography, says scholar
Academic was asked to be available at short notice ‘when Johnson found space in his diary’, but turned the project down
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Books, not bombs
Let's not forget the holidays, the affairs, the fathering of more children......As if he is not busy enough being prime minister, he has had Brexit to deal with and to top that covid. So what does he do, he trys to write a book about Shakespeare!
Boris Johnson offered to pay for help writing Shakespeare biography, says scholar
Academic was asked to be available at short notice ‘when Johnson found space in his diary’, but turned the project down
As in many industries, it would seem the ultimate solution would be to replace the role of MPs with a few simple AI algorithms, enabling former MPs to carry on with the more important business of stealing taxpayer money unbridled by the need to shout HYARHAYRHYAR in parliament once or twice a year.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yep. MPs are (part of) the enemy. Once you accept that, it's easier to go with the idea they should be a cheaper enemy.
The role MPs play as legislators means they are uniquely in a position where they shouldn't be doing paid work for anyone at all. If they really must have 2nd jobs, put the same rules (and limits) in place as there are for working whilst on Universal Credit.
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Starry Wisdom
Everyone knows the boost their morale can receive when senior managers do real work - for example seeing the director of library services shelving books or doing a shift on the information point. And at a time when vital national services are under threat of being overwhelmed it is heartening that so many mps demand the right to do second jobs. Let them help out as ancillary staff in the NHS perhaps on the late night graveyard shift.
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It will serve them in good stead when parliament relocates to grytviken
They often say they also do constituency work when parliament is closed but there seem to be no checks and balances on the constituency work
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Let them complete time sheets and we'll see where we go from there
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Books, not bombs
When putting in a claim for the minimum wage
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MPs are often young at heart and so should be paid at the minimum wage for those aged from 18 to 20
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