'In his evidence to the standards committee, he said the current MP's salary was "so low in absolute and relative terms" that members of the professional and business classes would be deterred from entering Parliament.'
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Senior Tory wants MP pay doubled
Good.
The calibre of 'professional' politicians the current salary has attracted thus far, has been pretty dire.
The ones I've met have been no smarter than the average teacher, who survive on condiderably less.
From some of the pitiful excuses we've had to endure recently, forgetting mortgages had ended, get all those confusing numbers mixed up on their expenses claim forms, they should probably be receiving a salary equal to that of a circus peformer...one with big shoes, a white face, and a red nose.