£65K is a pretty small salary ...

[sasguru]

Poor sas hasn't got a clue.

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Yes and you do, living in Swindon, the centre of the universe.
No wonder you live in fantasy land.

[Menelaus]

There was some pretty mass disgust on the part of the Army when MoD flogged for a pittance Chelsea Barracks (which m'lord Rogers isn't now able to build on).

Perhaps it should be retaken into public ownership and the en suite rooms in the Mess be turned into accomodation for MPs. Being an MP is surely about duty to ones constituents (note: not party - **** that) and part of ones duty is to be able to ensure that one represents reasonable value for money.

In days of yore, I'd have expected that the MPs who were most at the trough would've been the Tories; after years in office, it's time that the NuLieBore experiment was brought to a close, in a quiet, peaceful manner.

[Platypus]

At least one person on that list is a very good friend of mine and I promise you he is very capable of running a business. In my opinion he deserves every penny he gets.

It's certainly reassuring to hear of real cases where the people in local govt who do earn serious dough are capable and providing value. It's good antidote to the "outrage" stories in the Mail etc.



(breathes more slowly and deeply)

[Churchill]

There was some pretty mass disgust on the part of the Army when MoD flogged for a pittance Chelsea Barracks (which m'lord Rogers isn't now able to build on).

Perhaps it should be retaken into public ownership and the en suite rooms in the Mess be turned into accomodation for MPs. Being an MP is surely about duty to ones constituents (note: not party - **** that) and part of ones duty is to be able to ensure that one represents reasonable value for money.

In days of yore, I'd have expected that the MPs who were most at the trough would've been the Tories; after years in office, it's time that the NuLieBore experiment was brought to a close, in a quiet, peaceful manner.

by rounding the f**kers up and shooting them!

Shirley?

[Platypus]

In days of yore, I'd have expected that the MPs who were most at the trough would've been the Tories

You'd think so, but some of those people were wealthy in their own right and didn't need to fiddle their expenses.

Unlike the group of "professional politicians" we have now most of whom have no clue about real life.

[The Lone Gunman]

In days of yore, I'd have expected that the MPs who were most at the trough would've been the Tories; after years in office, it's time that the NuLieBore experiment was brought to a close, in a quiet, peaceful manner.

Chelsea barracks woud make an ideal spot (as would others).

As for the Tories: Once again it WAS all Maggies fault. It was her that modified the changes to MPs allowances which she did to stave off a revolt over pay which the populace would have seen as greed at the time. What she did not forsee (again) was the rampant abuse of her changes by the members opposite.

[Churchill]

You'd think so, but some of those people were wealthy in their own right and didn't need to fiddle their expenses.

Unlike the group of "professional politicians" we have now most of whom have no clue about real life.

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[zeitghost]

At least one person on that list is a very good friend of mine and I promise you he is very capable of running a business. In my opinion he deserves every penny he gets, I have seen some of the nob heads he gets to deal with on a daily basis.

Yes.

The elected members can be a bit dim...

Our very own Lord Engine Driver of Port Talbot fame is particularly missed in that regard... not to mention corrupt, so I won't mention it... i.e. "do you have anything (in a brown envelope) for me" to a job applicant...

[zeitghost]

after years in office, it's time that the NuLieBore experiment was brought to a close, in a quiet, peaceful manner.

Gas chambers? Quieter than a firing squad.

[The Lone Gunman]

It's certainly reassuring to hear of real cases where the people in local govt who do earn serious dough are capable and providing value. It's good antidote to the "outrage" stories in the Mail etc.



(breathes more slowly and deeply)

He may be the exception that proves the rule. He has saved his council more than his salary by just cutting waste in the system.
He also sees many civil servants as a cost rather than value added.

He is one of the best managers I have ever met and his people skills are tremendous. He is a genuine gentleman to boot (even though he is a bloody foreignor).

I may be a bit biased as I am godfather to his son.