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Originally Posted by GEaston
Reality is that if you pay peanuts you get monkeys, and that's what's happened here.
If the salary was raised to something worth having then you might actually attract talented people into these roles.
Why is it that running a country is seen as less important than say running the post office, or the National Coal Board? Wasn't Arthur Scargills Barbican flat allowance on its own worth more than an MPs salary?
If they were paid loads then you'd attract the best, brightest and most capable people running the country and the savings would be immeasurable. Those people would move freely between top jobs in the public and private sector gaining valuable experience.
Here in Singapore the Prime Minister earns £1.5m a year, ministers earn between £750k to £1.25m a year and as a result the country is spectacularly well run.
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Our M.P.s don't earn the money, they get it given for nothing