Nice job if you can get it

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

So while he is away, sunning himself how is he supposed to do parliamentary and constituency business? with a Rum punch maybe?

Strikes of double standards, if he were a Tory Mp there would be all hell to pay, remember Nadine Dorries anyone.....

Quite agree BG, and there are also his LCC commitments, and also his £10K advisory payment.
Only recently Sir Ken stated that GJ deserved a higher salary because he put every possible hour into his parliamentary and constituency work - yet now he finds time off from that and his advisory work to go on a junket to the West Indies

[accyman]

what i want to know is what these three mp's are expected to do in return for this holiday because although no cost to the tax payer has occured iv yet to hear a story where a MP gets something for free and dosnt have to do a favour in return.

no such thing as a free lunch as the saying goes

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

Quite agree BG, and there are also his LCC commitments, and also his £10K advisory payment.
Only recently Sir Ken stated that GJ deserved a higher salary because he put every possible hour into his parliamentary and constituency work - yet now he finds time off from that and his advisory work to go on a junket to the West Indies

iv always been under the impression that parliament shuts down at a certain time of the year to allow mps to get holidays etc out of the way so that they can get on with parliamentary duties uninterupted

it dosnt look good that in a week where labour council HBC send out letters telling a hell of a lot of people they are going to face even more financial hardship and worry because their rent and council tax allowance is going to be cut our labour MP is sunning himself in jamaica .

HBC lines have been jammed today and i dare say a few have been trying to get in touch with their local MP for help also.

as to be balanced theres two torys out there doing the same

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by accyman

as to be balanced theres two torys out there doing the same

The two Tories aren't our MP

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

The two Tories aren't our MP

i know but would hate to be seen as been selective

mind you its amazing isnt it how you cant get the two partys to work together instead of bickering to make this country better but they can work together when it serves themselves .Like grabbing a freebi for example

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by accyman

i know but would hate to be seen as been selective

mind you its amazing isnt it how you cant get the two partys to work together instead of bickering to make this country better but they can work together when it serves themselves .Like grabbing a freebi for example

Oh they'll have been arguing out there in the sun accyman, about who's turn it was to go and get the free drink

[accyman]

if the police havnt to take freebies as it could be seen as making them appear bought or impartial maybe polititions shouldnt take freebies as part of their job also

[Boeing Guy]

Agreed, but we are dealing with a bunch of crooks, almost all are on the take.

Remember the MP's expenses scandal? The information was leaked, the MP's did their upmost to stop it.
If there had been press regulation the Telegraph would never been able to print it.

Shower of ....... Comes to mind

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

Quite agree BG, and there are also his LCC commitments, and also his £10K advisory payment.
Only recently Sir Ken stated that GJ deserved a higher salary because he put every possible hour into his parliamentary and constituency work - yet now he finds time off from that and his advisory work to go on a junket to the West Indies

I don't think I did, actually.

I believe I stated that I don't blame MPs for finding work beyond their life in parliament and that even though their salary is tasty by average northern standards I still wouldn't have their life.

There is very little personal time as an MP, even in recess.

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by accyman

HBC lines have been jammed today

No they weren't, there was an internal fault with the switchboard which has now been rectified.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

No they weren't, there was an internal fault with the switchboard which has now been rectified.

There was no internal fault when my Granddaughter rang last week, maybe if HBC got things right in the first place they wouldn't get so many flaming phone calls

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by jaysay

There was no internal fault when my Granddaughter rang last week, maybe if HBC got things right in the first place they wouldn't get so many flaming phone calls

Internal fault with the switchboard.....yesterday.

We don't get many complaints about the Council itself actually.

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

Internal fault with the switchboard.....yesterday.

We don't get many complaints about the Council itself actually.

An internal fault - or deliberate finger trouble so that the complainants give up trying to get through?

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

An internal fault - or deliberate finger trouble so that the complainants give up trying to get through?

Why would we do that Barrie? What possible good could come of that?

[JCB]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

There is very little personal time as an MP, even in recess.

If you had been the M.P. would you have gone on the trip to Jamaica if you were given the chance ?