If you had £33 billion spare?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Neil, I did start reading it, but gave it up as the Lancashire hotpot that I had in the oven was starting to boil over(I hate cleaning the oven anyway)...so I have to admit I gave it up.
It does outline who was consulted though...in broad terms...like home-owners on the route who will be affected by a drop in the value of their property(not likely to vote for it are they?)

[cmonstanley]

the tree huggers wont be the problem it will be the people in the shires who are traditional tory voters which will be the problem.they will fight tooth and nail .they are the, not in my backyard types

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

For all we know, consultation could mean a show of hands in the offices of those contractors who are lined up for the job(and I know that is a stretched analogy).

And you can guarantee that all the winning contract companies will have a Member Of Parliament as a director or consultant

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, well we have already established that MP's are living on their uppers......need more money to make ends meet...so they have to do something.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes, well we have already established that MP's are living on their uppers......need more money to make ends meet...so they have to do something.

Ya but they do quite well when they leave parliament Margaret, our Tony has earned over £12 million since leaving office, and even though he's still an MP (in name only he never sets a foot in parliament these days) Gordon is well on his way, on the American speaking circuit at around £200k a pop, and John Major can be seen in the best seats at every cricket ground in the country watching test matches, with a G & T in his mitt, and they are the rewards for failure, just think of the rewards if they'd been successful

[Margaret Pilkington]

John....I was being ever so slightly sarcastic in that post.
Let them all try living for a period of time on a basic pension(I would suggest a year) I am pretty sure it would make them more cost conscious/effective in their jobs and in their personal affairs too.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

John....I was being ever so slightly sarcastic in that post.
Let them all try living for a period of time on a basic pension(I would suggest a year) I am pretty sure it would make them more cost conscious/effective in their jobs and in their personal affairs too.

I don't think it would Margaret, the only MP I've come across who possibly would is the late Ken Hargreaves, all his life the only think he ever wanted to do is help others, it really pees me of when these so call big name politicians end up with all these titles lord this and sir that, if anybody deserved a knighthood it was Ken, they did award him an MBE which at least went part of the way to help thank him for a lifetime of effort on behalf of others.