[Margaret Pilkington]

Bernard, that is another subject altogether.

Oh, I see now, you mean financially poor councillors.....I was on completely the wrong track there for a minute.

While I do not believe that politicians should become poorer as a result of the pursuit of their duties, I do not think that they should see the tax payer as a cash cow, and someone who will pay up to feather their nests.
I don't think they realise the level of unrest this situation has created, and that is because a lot of them are far removed from the realities that the rest of us grapple with on a daily basis.

They should be made to live on a basic pension, or invalidity benefit for a few weeks and then they would find it easy to live off their salaries.