- Location
- over the moon
- Country
- England
Here's a solution..... since MP's salaries (and expenses, but we'll leave those for another day) come out of the same government money pot as pensions...ooops, sorry retirement benefit and all those other benefits payable to the most needy, why don't we treat them (the MP's salaries) in the same way as say, Universal Credit or Pension Credit, and for every pound that they earn doing 'other' jobs - Directorships, TV presenting, Newspaper columns et. al, deduct the equivalent amount from their salary, just as they do with benefits for those that really need them .....soon fill that 'black hole' and on £90k plus, plus expenses, would they really notice it? A couple less dinners at The IVY, a few less bottles of wine......More expense then, just like if they did all apply for it, there’d be no saving of £1.4 billion to save the economy from crashing and a run on the pound the now grown ups running the country say will happen.
Just raise the threshold or build it into the tax calculations and end this sh1t. Maybe they think building something into the budget will save their reputations, but I doubt it. Big rumour is they’re going to end free bus passes. It’s more than a bus pass to the elderly. It’s a lifeline to shop, socialise, actually meet and talk to people and keep their sanity. This government are truly wicked. I expect in a matter of weeks I won’t be able to say that when the new social media laws come in, only a child rapist will be set free to make way for me to be terrorised by whichever gang in prison.