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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Ken, while you would not want to do the job of an MP, it seems(looking from the outside) that this career is quite lucrative.........and I know that to do the job properly you have to divide your time between your constituency and the Palace of Westminster, but you don't see raggedy MP's out looking for the best bargains in food, because they have an expense account to pay for it...which other job allows you to eat at the expense of the customer.......or have a roof over your head at the expense of the customer.
They all seem to be able to travel by train(something that some of us cannot afford to do)without it breaking their bank........and all the while they are an MP they have an eye on what they will do once that lucrative career is over...they network........heck some of them even moonlight while they are MP's.
My heart bleeds purple pee for the poor(and I mean that in financial terms) souls.
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I do take your point and can see it from both sides of the fence but I look at it from the angle of just basically having very little private time and somewhat dodgy job security.
Now I realise that the second of those arguments sounds pretty flimsy in today's age where no one has a 'job for life' anymore, but the continued employment of an MP does not depend entirely on them working hard for their constituency or even the prosperity of their employer but on the whim of the people on voting day and which colour banner is flavour of the month.
With that in mind, I don't blame any of them for trying to make sure that if the worst comes to the worst they don't find themselves down the dole queue the morning after they are summarily ejected from the House of Commons.
In Graham's case, I proudly cast my ballot in his favour and genuinely think he works hard for us all.