MP’s and their Expenses - Page 4

BERNADETTE · 28-05-2008, 15:18

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Originally Posted by derekgas

An independent body would cost another fortune, with the taxpayer footing the bill again, we have a FREE option to stop this, it is called 'get yer backsides to the polling station'.

Would it make any difference who is in power? I think not

Benipete · 28-05-2008, 17:06

We should all read Animal Farm again just to remind us.

jaysay · 28-05-2008, 17:06

I have to say that when Ken Hargreaves was Hyndburn MP I was very much involved with his work, I can say hand on heart Ken was as striaght as they come, if he'd have done anything untoward we would have known right away, he'd have been saything 4 hail mary's and 4 our father's

but seriously If I ever ran Ken anywhere on constituancy business I had to book down the exact mileage and date come what may

Pendle Red · 28-05-2008, 17:24

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I have to say that when Ken Hargreaves was Hyndburn MP I was very much involved with his work, I can say hand on heart Ken was as striaght as they come, if he'd have done anything untoward we would have known right away, he'd have been saything 4 hail mary's and 4 our father's

but seriously If I ever ran Ken anywhere on constituancy business I had to book down the exact mileage and date come what may

That's how it should be

steeljack · 28-05-2008, 17:29

I see two solutions , either bring in term limits , limit the time a person can spend as an MP ( two elections, 10 years, should be enough for anyone) , then get them back to the real world and reality .
Or limit the length of time Parliament sits every year , make it a part time job , it will get rid of the oppertunity of introducing useless leglislation, seems to me all Govts. do is keep passing laws saying NO to this and No to that , when was the last time a law was passed saying Yes to something,
Seem to remember the last time a law was abolished was the archaic requirement for young single male to practice archery for two hours every Sunday

jambutty · 28-05-2008, 18:22

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Originally Posted by steeljack

I see two solutions , either bring in term limits , limit the time a person can spend as an MP ( two elections, 10 years, should be enough for anyone) , then get them back to the real world and reality .

I don’t think that putting limits on term time would do anything to improve the government and reduce the self interest. What we need in government are specialists in the various fields. By that I mean that a Financial Director in a successful large business or an experienced accountant should be appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer. A senior Doctor/Matron as the Health Secretary and so on. Far too many MP’s are lawyers.

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Originally Posted by steeljack

Or limit the length of time Parliament sits every year , make it a part time job

The MP’s are in effect the board of directors of UK Plc and as such they should work full time with no secondary jobs at all – not even for charities. No man/woman can serve two masters. We the electorate are, in theory, the masters.

MP’s should get the same holiday entitlement as say the medical profession or the ordinary factory or office worker.

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Originally Posted by steeljack

seems to me all Govts. do is keep passing laws saying NO to this and No to that , when was the last time a law was passed saying Yes to something,

What about yes to tax increases.

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Seem to remember the last time a law was abolished was the archaic requirement for young single male to practice archery for two hours every Sunday

At last I don’t need to practice my archery skills any more.