2007-01-22 23:57:56 · 21 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Id like to be as underpaid as they are
2007-01-23 00:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by pete m 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What exactly do you mean by underpaid? My MP received nearly £200,000 in pay and expenses last year. How do I know, because you can check it out on the parliamentary website is how. You can also find out what he says in the Commons or the committees and which way he/she is voting on issues which concern you.
Lets be blunt. My MP is a former London black cab driver. All he knows is that the fares go up after 11pm. He's a no good crook.
He ain't getting my vote, ever. I want a crafty dodger lawyer to be my MP - I want the Artful Dodger not some prat who still thinks A is for apple, when we all know it means 'attack'.
2007-01-24 01:36:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think they do not represent the public or administer the country in a fit and proper way. It is not that long ago that being a politician was not a career. They had other jobs, it brought them into contact with people running their lives on a day to day basis and therefore gave them a better perspective on real life rather than the picture they are painted by fleeting visits to public buildings and arenas. A few may run their own clinics but you are not getting a rounded picture of life in Britain from the few that attend with their own problems. This country is about to see a down turn in what little fortunes it has and the people that will bear the brunt of it is not the politicians, civil services or numerous amount layers of managers working from the public purse. It will be the few that are left to try and bring wealth into the country by their toil and trouble
2007-01-23 00:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I do not agree! At a time when wages are being driven down and increases being given at the level of inflation,many many people are underpaid/undervalued in the workplace!! MP's have the luxury of being able to vote to give themselves huge pay increases, which you and I pay for in our taxes. Rather hypercritical I say.
2007-01-23 00:12:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Undoubtedly there are a some dilligent and extremely hard working members of parliament (of all parties). However, I do not consider them underpaid. They are paid a lot more than many of their constituents, who work just as hard, but are not afforded anything like the same perks that MP's are.
Best wishes, J
2007-01-23 00:03:21 · answer #5 · answered by sirjulian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Underpaid? No - they are civil servants not royalty. Undervalued? Definitely not, they get the respect they deserve, if they did their jobs properly instead of shafting the working people of this country we might value them a bit more.
2007-01-23 00:02:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i disagree, but health service workers are defiantly undervalued and underpaid.
2007-01-23 00:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where to begin, no is the short answer, I can think of only a handful of MPs I respect, Tony Ben and Kenneth Clarke to name almost all of them.
2007-01-23 03:26:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! They are a bunch of preaching, self opinionated, egotistical, hypocritical method men that make rules for the many - so long as those rules don't apply to them or they have a means to bypass the system to protect themsleves!
They should all be shot at dawn!
2007-01-23 00:02:13 · answer #9 · answered by jamand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like i said before why change your name getting a little shameful isnt it blindly following a party that at the very top is run by the global elite. for your question on MP'S cut the bs they get plenty of money for what they do , they work for us yet wont answer simple questions that you ask that may be oposed to there view .WAKE UP.
2007-01-23 00:07:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋