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blazey · 04-11-2008, 07:19

If a student can be on a full time course like mine which is 40hrs a week, and still work another 16hrs part time, then I think an MP who is experienced in his line of work can cope with a few extra duties tied into his schedule.

I worked for a barrister in the summer who had to work a full time job whilst at uni on flexible hours just so he could pay his living expenses and he left uni with a first class degree.

Sadly, people need to often work more than one job to survive in this world. 8% of the working population in the EU are still under the poverty line. That is a vast amount of people, working full time jobs and still not having enough to survive. Can you blame people for taking more than one job? Yes he may be an MP and paid quite richly, but humans naturally want the best quality of life they can get, so should we alienate someone just because they want to work presumably damn hard for that standard of living?

04-11-2008, 07:19	#24
blazey God Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denton/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 3,638 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 994	Re: One Job or Two? If a student can be on a full time course like mine which is 40hrs a week, and still work another 16hrs part time, then I think an MP who is experienced in his line of work can cope with a few extra duties tied into his schedule. I worked for a barrister in the summer who had to work a full time job whilst at uni on flexible hours just so he could pay his living expenses and he left uni with a first class degree. Sadly, people need to often work more than one job to survive in this world. 8% of the working population in the EU are still under the poverty line. That is a vast amount of people, working full time jobs and still not having enough to survive. Can you blame people for taking more than one job? Yes he may be an MP and paid quite richly, but humans naturally want the best quality of life they can get, so should we alienate someone just because they want to work presumably damn hard for that standard of living?