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Originally Posted by Qtx
Maybe it helps him with the guilt of selling all the countries gold when it was worth the least amount, or other things he did as chancellor. As a PM he may be slightly lower down the hate chain than Blair or Cameron but that doesn't make him an angel or give reason to give him a break. That is like saying Hitler wasn't too bad...compared to Stalin. Hate Stalin instead!
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I have heard before that him selling the gold kept us out of recession 2 years earlier than expected, here might be part of the reason why
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance...coe/100018367/
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Originally Posted by martyh
He's the highest earning MP from sources outside of parliament from speeches around the world and writing .The fact that he gives it to charity is meaningless because to earn £1.37million from speeches means that he can't be representing his constituents very much.
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Bet it doesn't get in the way, there's a lot of cash swishing around at the top, him giving a speech is the same as some one getting Beyonce to song at their kids party, all for show, he could recite nursery rhymes at the podium for all they case I'd imagine and having heard some of his speeches they may in fact prefer it.