The recommendation that Members of Parliament should receive
an increase in salary to £73000 per annum is a disgrace. Being a back bench MP
is an absolute skive. Their responsibilities, other than dealing with the odd constituent’s
problem and acting like boorish thugs during Prime Minister Questions, is
minimal.
What do they do all week? If dealing with constituent’s
queries and problems is such a heavy workload then how come they only hold one
constituency surgery a week, if that? They get close to 20 weeks holiday a year
and let’s be honest, if you live in a constituency where you did not vote for
the sitting MP then you have no representation at all. If you disagree with the
current governments policies, going to an MP to complain, that is part of
that government, is going to be pointless. Their response will be ‘I’m not
really bothered with your concerns. You didn't vote for me so why should I care
about your problems and concerns’. The only responsibility of an MP is to look
after those people who voted for them. Anybody else can go to hell. An MP’s
main concern is looking after number one. They are selfish, self centred
individuals whose only concern is their standing in society and how they can line
their own pockets.
They complain that their salaries have fallen, in comparison
to professions such as Head Teachers, Colonels and Doctors, but these people
have real! responsibility. They are
dealing with life and death situations and the education of young people that can
improve life opportunities. An MP’s workload involves dealing with somebody who
isn't getting their bins emptied on time or turning up for a photo opportunity
because another charity shop is opening in the High Street. Also, being a
Member of Parliament is not a profession. To be an MP you do not have to pass
any exams or achieve any qualifications. It is one of the least qualified jobs
in the land and where training is minimal. Most of these people are unqualified
and untrained for the role they fill.
They air that old chestnut ‘you won’t get the right calibre
of people’ but how much is a nurse paid? How much is a fireman paid? How much
does a soldier, who is serving in Afghanistan, get? What about the WPC who was
shot last week? How much does she get paid a year. I doubt any of them receive
more than £25000- £35000 per annum. Are we saying they are of poor calibre
because they choose to work a profession that pays, in comparison to an MP, peanuts?
This type of attitude demonstrates how detached politicians are from real life
and how full they are of their own self importance.
Members of Parliament should receive no more than £40000 per
annum, and that’s probably too high for the job they do, and it should be
performance related. If an MP fails to turn up for a vote then they should not
be paid. All MP’s should be subjected to a yearly constituency satisfaction
survey. If they fail to achieve 51% then their pay should be reduced by 20% for
the next year.
Most of them are just
time servers, waiting to cash in their very generous pension before taking up a
non-executive position on the board of a company, whose interests they have
been serving while they were an MP.
Autumn Statement
Debacle.
Putting aside the ridiculous forecasts of Chancellor
Exchequer Osborne (he hasn't hit one forecast in three years in office), and
that within a day, The Institute for Fiscal Studies had picked his Autumn Statement apart and
destroyed it, along with any economic credibility Osborne, or his plan, has.
The main disgrace was the yobbish behaviour from the coalition MP’s when Ed
Balls gave his response for the opposition.
The opposition represent millions of people in this country
and those people have a right to hear their representative make a statement on
their behalf. Having to listen to a cacophony of never-ending braying from a
bunch of loutish yobs is not democracy in action and proves that MP’s are not
worth the salary they receive or that they give a toss about the democratic
process.
Nelson Mandela.
There has been one aspect around the death of Nelson Mandela
that has been truly vomit inducing, of which below is an illustrative example.
Tory’s circa 2013:
‘The death of Nelson
Mandela is very sad. A light has gone out in the world. He was a fine advocate
of freedom and democracy and a great world statesman’. ( sniff)
Tory’s circa 1988:
‘ That damn Mandela
chappie is nothing more than a terrorist who should be bloody well executed.
Maggie( Thatcher) got it right. Those damn uppity blacks should know their
place. Bloody ANC should all be shot. What do you say Cammers’.
‘Oh dead right ossers.
What say we go out and buy one of those ‘Hang Mandela’ tee shirts?’ (snort)
‘Super idea Cammers,
what larks’. (snort)
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