Mps

[andy222]

An anonymous survey conducted by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority found MPs thought they deserved a 32% increase that would take their pay from £65,000 to £86,250.
Cheeky B..........ds. :cwm23:

[Dedworth]

Perfectly reasonable demand since their trough feeding expense claims are now under a bit more control :biggrin:

[Arthur Little]

Perfectly reasonable demand

Is it hell! :nono-1-1: ... WHAT the :censored: for? For [purportedly] representing the interests of their constituents (as they're paid to do) or Me(*h)rely Pandering (like *sheep) to the dictates of their political bosses in Whitehall ... :yeahthat: ... as the emboldened initials of their job titles in their respective Contracts of Employment could just as easily imply??

[lordna]

I find this absolutely infuriating. I have worked for a local authority for the past 8 years for a low wage that hasn't changed one bit for the entire duration. The excuse always given is government cutbacks etc means no rises this year. Most years we seem to be re-applying to keep our jobs. I get paid considerably less than the rise they are asking for. Greedy .......s all of them who have no idea what its like living on a low wage.

[Arthur Little]

Greedy .......s all of them who have no idea what its like living on a low wage.

Very well said ... :iagree:!

[Ako Si Jamie]

Just goes to prove they're only doing it for one thing. Bunch of parasites! :cwm23:

[andy222]

And here is me working 5 days and 1 night shift for the next 6 months just to get the wife here.:doh. Their beloved NHS which has no rises for the last 3 years.:doh. It makes you sick.

[grahamw48]

Don't forget the cost of all their secretaries and PAs....who actually do all the work while the MPs sit dozing in the 'house', drinking at the bar, guzzling in the MP's private restaurant, or reading out the little speeches that have been written for them. :icon_rolleyes:

[bigmarco]

In all honesty I'd be in favour of upping their wages and really tightening up on the expenses side of things as that's where they're really coining it in.
As regards everyone else's pay freeze you all seem to work in large public sector industries and in all honesty it would appear that your unions have swallowed the Governments line on austerity and we're all in this together b:censored:ks.
I pay £18 a month to be in a union who have never in my time signed up to a below inflation pay deal. Our current deal is for 4 years at RPI + 0.5% every year. The fares go up every year above inflation so we make sure the wages do as well. Collective bargaining works well on my job because I've never had to strike for pay in 10 years and our last deal was negotiated with Boris in charge of the purse strings.

[andy222]

Looks like your on a winner there marco.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

I'm self-employed, and if I don't go out to work I don't earn a penny.

[bigmarco]

I'm self-employed, and if I don't go out to work I don't earn a penny.

:xxgrinning--00xx3:Yep I had that for 22 years Graham. It's not as easy as some people think.
It's difficult for those self employed in the building industry these days as well, when they have to contend with a downturn in trade as well as being priced out of work by cheaper eastern European workers.

[Arthur Little]

Sometimes I think having a dedicated local councillor on one's side can carry more clout than an MP ... because the former is [usually] in a lot closer touch with day-to-day key issues affecting the people whose ward he or she is elected to serve. :smile: