MPs want more pay and increased holidays.
MPs are often demanding more pay for their work and this has been going on regularly through the Blair and Brown years.
It was only three years ago that MPs were demanding a 66% pay increase from their then £60,277 pa - Read more here ...
Then again a year later, MPs were asking for an increase to £100,000 for their annual salary - Read more here ...
Once again in 2008, they wanted to scrap the maximum £22,110pa 2nd home allowance and give themselves a £25,000 pay rise, which would have been a salary increase of 42%.
These attempts to MASSIVELY increase their salaries came in the same 3 year period that the police had to fight MPs and even go to court for a pay rise of 2.5% and ended up only being worth 1.9% after Jacqui Smith ( Porno movie and house flipping fame ) only backdated pay to December instead of September as originally expected.
PLUS . . . . I think that MPs seem to be forgetting their hugely extravagant annual holiday allowance. It breaks down as:
Xmas - December 18 until January 12 - 24 days
Parliament's half-term - 12 February until 23 February - 11 days
17 days at Easter
10 days for Whitsun
82 days over the summer
Frankly, I'm surprised they've got any time left to govern the country with 144 days or just about 5 months of annual holiday!!!
MPs need to remember, that's the reason they only get paid £65,000pa - they only work for half the year!
Do they only work half the year to give themselves time to develop their property portfolios at the tax payers expense?
Do they only work half the year as their excessive pay and perks mean that they don't have to worry about the other 5 months?
Do they only work half the year because they're working so hard for the public that 7 months work wears them out?
Do they only work half the year because most haven't got it in them to carry out a " proper full time job "?
Do they only work half the year so it gives them time to work for other companies and in other jobs?
Do they only work half the year because they set their own holidays and can get away with it?
YES TO ALL OF THE ABOVE
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