We're all in it together

[d000hg]

I fail to see how paying the current MP an extra £35k a year will suddenly mean they do a good job...

In that case why do the private sector pay the top bods so much... it surely isn't out of kindness.

[doodab]

In that case why do the private sector pay the top bods so much... it surely isn't out of kindness.

Because by and large they sit around in the boardroom deciding what they are paid.

[BrilloPad]

Because by and large they sit around in the boardroom deciding what they are paid.

Rubbish! They don't decide their own pay! They decide the pay of other directors(who decide their own pay) so it must be fair.

[bobspud]

Doesn't matter how good MPs are... the orders get carried out by the total gits at the top of the civil service. They are the ones that twist the policies and game the system. The top jobs should be three year contracts picked like jury service from a more limited pool. Civil service pensions should also be banned completely.

[BrilloPad]

Doesn't matter how good MPs are... the orders get carried out by the total gits at the top of the civil service. They are the ones that twist the policies and game the system. The top jobs should be three year contracts picked like jury service from a more limited pool. Civil service pensions should also be banned completely.

+1000

Exactly how section 58 got carried through.

[d000hg]

Because by and large they sit around in the boardroom deciding what they are paid.

I mean the CEO not the directors.

[escapeUK]

+1000

Exactly how section 58 got carried through.

Was that the one about not promoting homosexuality in schools?

[bobspud]

Was that the one about not promoting homosexuality in schools?

No it was the one where HMRC went to court to clarify a technicality then said Woops well we never meant it to meant this so the ruling must count retrospectively cough up all of you that did what we said not what we meant...

Personally I am not involved but I think it was such a dangerous president to set, it is almost worth a civil war...

[escapeUK]

No it was the one where HMRC went to court to clarify a technicality then said Woops well we never meant it to meant this so the ruling must count retrospectively cough up all of you that did what we said not what we meant...

Personally I am not involved but I think it was such a dangerous president to set, it is almost worth a civil war...

I can think of more important things to trigger a civil war. Interestingly if you put Section 58 into google most of the hits are to do with digging the road up. Until the 8th result which is here.

[doodab]

Personally I am not involved but I think it was such a dangerous president to set, it is almost worth a civil war...

Indeed. The Prime Minister must have been fuming.