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Originally Posted by Chris
I like Dan Hodges but I think he’s reaching a bit here. Ministers get a payoff when they leave office equivalent to a quarter of their salary. They can more than afford a six-month career break in the event of losing an election and unless some of them have already been offered jobs they know are starting next spring I’m sceptical they’ll be overly concerned about the enforced pause.
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It might also be if there are a few select positions and they don't want to be held back while their colleagues are free to take up posts right away. I remember reading that MPs are not as in demand as they once were, the respect the position holds has declined, and whilst Ministers are probably fine maybe they won't find it as easy as they would like to get the same kind of jobs their predecessors did.