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27-10-21, 09:59 PM | #21 | |
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Four meetings in 2 years, that's one meeting every six months, regular as clockwork.
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28-10-21, 10:36 AM | #22 |
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Sorry I should have said other income(s), not other "jobs", as they're not jobs as you or I know them. Not jobs that use all your waking hours and keep you exhausted enough to not rise up and instead behave like a good minion at the bottom of the money churning pyramid... oops, getting carried away. (Can you tell I'm at work today dealing with random acts of idiocy?)
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28-10-21, 10:21 PM | #23 | |
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20 hours is still c.3 working days when he could be productively meeting constituents, researching government policies, reading and critiquing papers for debate in the House, hunting out efficiencies in his constituency office operation to keep expenses down. Even if Bozo spent only a couple of hours each month writing those columns, that could have been spent dealing with correspondence more quickly, sorting cabinet discipline and alignment, contemplating national policy issues. Etc. etc. Being an MP, and especially being a Government Minister, is definitely not the same as a regular job. I do make a distinction. It should be an 'always-on' role (a bit like the principle of a soldier being deployed overseas to a battle zone), with time away from the demands of the core role being for proper R&R so they're fresh and on top form when they are 'on duty' dealing with MP activities. Time 'off duty' shouldn't be spent delivering work for others, however broad the definition of 'work'. Also, I think they should be 'independent' and solely dedicated to the interests of the nation as far as possible - paid activity undermines that and introduces a clear bias, or significant risk of it.
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29-10-21, 04:33 PM | #24 |
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When I started my apprenticeship I went round all the various departments to get an understanding of what everyone did.I would like all these politicians to get out on the 'coal face' to see what life for the common man is really about.
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02-11-21, 11:53 PM | #25 |
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02-11-21, 11:54 PM | #26 |
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02-11-21, 11:58 PM | #27 | |
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03-11-21, 12:06 AM | #28 |
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You would hope they aren't completely divorced from reality. How many of us know what is involved in other people's jobs anyway ?!
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03-11-21, 12:11 AM | #29 |
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As far as our MP's are concerned, I think they at least believe in the parliament they sit in. Not Like Mr Farage who got paid for years for being a member of a parliament he despised and wanted to destroy, and then is entitled to a pension for the time he was an MEP !
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09-11-21, 08:05 PM | #30 |
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Well, I'm looking forward to the day when I can do a second job earning c.£1000/hr!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59218438
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