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ntluser · 30-03-2010, 16:01

To be honest, I think that, given the state of the country, the MPs do not deserve the payrise which they have been angling for.

There are lots of people doing a good job who do not get half the perks or pay our MPs get, nor do they try to fiddle their expenses at the expense of the taxpayer.

Our MPs think that they are better than the rest of us and deserve a first class elitist lifestyle at our expense. It's time that they learned to live within their means like we have to do.

Interesting that while other people's pay is being frozen or cut, they want a £1000 pay rise. They seem to forget that the parlous state of the country occurred on their watch as a result of decisions they made.

There are lots of ways to improve this country but strangely the ideas are coming from members of the public rather than from the MPs who are paid handsomely to do that. If we had a system of payment by results the MPs would be paying us.

Given that Sir Ian Kennedy seems to be watering down the original proposals I imagine that this new scheme will be full of exploitable loopholes of which MPs can take advantage.

Only time and parliamentary whistleblowers will tell.

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ntluser Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester Age: 78 Services: Virgin Media XL Telephone,TV with Tivo box & Superhub3 upto 150Mb Broadband, Sky World, & Freeview+ Posts: 1,901	Re: New scheme for MP's allowances announced To be honest, I think that, given the state of the country, the MPs do not deserve the payrise which they have been angling for. There are lots of people doing a good job who do not get half the perks or pay our MPs get, nor do they try to fiddle their expenses at the expense of the taxpayer. Our MPs think that they are better than the rest of us and deserve a first class elitist lifestyle at our expense. It's time that they learned to live within their means like we have to do. Interesting that while other people's pay is being frozen or cut, they want a £1000 pay rise. They seem to forget that the parlous state of the country occurred on their watch as a result of decisions they made. There are lots of ways to improve this country but strangely the ideas are coming from members of the public rather than from the MPs who are paid handsomely to do that. If we had a system of payment by results the MPs would be paying us. Given that Sir Ian Kennedy seems to be watering down the original proposals I imagine that this new scheme will be full of exploitable loopholes of which MPs can take advantage. Only time and parliamentary whistleblowers will tell.