Diane Abbott ate my donation

[grahamw48]

Of course Labour MPs don't have a great record on TV shows.

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[Arthur Little]

Then again ... those here with long memories, will doubtless recall a certain Anthony Aloysius Bliar pocketing twenty grand apiece - for giving talks of half-an-hour's duration respectively, to three separate Philippine universities a few years ago.

SCANDALOUS!

[Dedworth]

Then again ... those here with long memories, will doubtless recall a certain Anthony Aloysius Bliar pocketing twenty grand apiece - for giving talks of half-an-hour's duration respectively, to three separate Philippine universities a few years ago.

SCANDALOUS!

The sheep continue to vote for them Arthur.

Re Tony's Cronies, Labour Hypocrisy, Schmoozers, Trough Feeders etc etc here's a bit of news about another slippery creature who was bigged up on here for fighting the Millipede corner on the BBC :-

Alastair Campbell's job with dictator was 'set up by Tony Blair'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2iyL9IyZs

[Arthur Little]

The sheep continue to vote for them Arthur.

Re Tony's Cronies, Labour Hypocrisy, Schmoozers, Trough Feeders etc etc here's a bit of news about another slippery creature who was bigged up on here for fighting the Millipede corner on the BBC :-

Alastair Campbell's job with dictator was 'set up by Tony Blair'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2iyL9IyZs

leaves Campbell's own parliamentary ambitions ... the "khazi", then!

[bigmarco]

And his the Tory MP who is believed to be the best paid MP in Parliament. Can he really represent his constituents whilst doing all that work

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...arliament.html

[SimonH]

And his the Tory MP who is believed to be the best paid MP in Parliament. Can he really represent his constituents whilst doing all that work

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...arliament.html

Good point Marco

Did you read the article

The outside work was for a total of 1500 hours spread over 2,1/4 years or 115 weeks, so effectively 10 hours a week
It also goes onto say:-

The MP, who was elected with a majority of almost 20,000 votes in the 2010 General Election, told the newspaper: “My attendance and other indicators are among the highest among MPs, with my expenses among the lowest, and my remaining work outside Parliament is primarily when the House is not sitting and other MPs are on holiday.

So, the answer is a resounding YES, he does represent his constituents rather well

[joebloggs]

and my remaining work outside Parliament is primarily when the House is not sitting and other MPs are on holiday.

So, the answer is a resounding YES, he does represent his constituents rather well

no not a resounding yes, has he done 1,500hrs when the house was not sitting or on holidays, if he did then its not 10hrs per week, more like full time when the MP's were on their long holidays, and when he should have been in his constituency sorting their problems out

maybe its time MP's were forced to do more work than the 30wks a year they 'work' talk about school teachers having long holidays

[bigmarco]

Good point Marco

Did you read the article

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Probably better than you
I take it maths wasn't your strong subject
I make July 2011 to May 2013 quite a bit less than 2 1/4 years or 115 weeks.

However as a lawyer I'm sure that Mr Phillips is an ideal candidate to be an MP and probably a lot better than the trough feeder he replaced. However I don't think it's right when the MP's position can be looked upon as their second job.
This leaves you open in certain circumstances to a conflict of interest which we have seen in the past from members of all parties can shall we say cloud their judgment.
I've believed for a long time now that politics is attracting the wrong sort of people. IMO it should be a calling to serve and improve not to fill your boots.