Margaret Thatcher claims £535,000 for ex-PM duties

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Yes very true, I was a child growing up during the Miners strike and can remember going with my Father to the Red Cross (I think) to get blocks of cheese/ bread/Butter. Also my partner can remember her father doing sausage casserole and also having to go to parties where she got used second hand toys as presents?

Thatcher and Scargill were in bed together through it all

There's an image that will haunt me for quite a while.......

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Tony Blair does not need it for sure,John Major not sure how rich he is as a ex pm.

I guess all ex pm get letters that are questions on their public time in office,i did suggest though all such offices could be run by donation private or personal and not tax payers as one potential solution,as the amount did seem quite high!especially as they all bang on about "value for tax payers money" especially Mrs Thatcher.

You can guarantee that none of them are short of money. If people want to donate money to them, then that's up to them. But they aren't obliged to carry out any duties as an ex pm. And they aren't obliged to answer any letters.

They are no longer in office, but they still benefit from their previous post by the fact that they will be in huge demand as a public speaker. And they will earn a huge profit from this. The tax payer no longer wants them as a pm, and so they are essentially sacked.

If someone had worked in an industry for many years, and had become an expert in their field, then they may also earn money either as a consultant or giving talks on that subject, and they would be paid for it. But how many businesses continue to pay people huge salaries after they have been sacked??