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Of course and to be fair she'll need it too - her husband's going to need more pr0n if she's spending more time at homeOriginally Posted by CaseyV9
No. Actually, this is major - you know why so many MPs talk about "at the next General Election"? There's about a £50k difference in it for them, flat rate - not counting all the expenses until then. Every MP who quits at the end of a "full" term gets assorted monies to wind down their operations, and to thank them for the work. Quit early, and you don't get the moolah.
Could well work out at a lot more than £50k, hex.
As I understand it, they get :-
- salary. Stay on until the next election, which could be a yeare away, and they get about £65k in salary as an MP.
- resettlement allowance. Those that leave after an election get an allowance for allow then to "adjust to non-Parliamentary life". This is calculated on a sliding scale depedning on age and length of service. but runs from 50% to 100% of annual salary. So it could be up to another £65k or so, and will be in excess of £30k in any event.
- oh, and that allowance .... the first £30k is, would you believe, tax-free.
- winding up allowance. £40,799. This is to cover staff severance, lease buy-outs or termination fees on constituency offices, etc. Of course, if your "staff" happen to be family memebrs ....
- a solid gold pension, enhanced by staying on an other year.
And, as you say, that no doubt explains why so many are insisting on staying on until the next election .... snouts still firmly in trough, even while hand is in till and they're milking the gravy train for all it's worth (please excuse the horribly mangled metaphor).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Secretary
Blunkett--->Clarke--->Reid--->Smith.
Judging by the recent line of succession, I wouldn't hold your breath. And judging by the list of possible successors on that Wikipedia page, I wouldn't hold your breath.
More good news guys, strike 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/...cs/8080777.stm
I've never understood the point of a reshuffle. When you sign up to be an MP, do they ask you "in the event of dud party members, which critically important roles would you like to take on?", i mean if you're put into government as say the minister for education - why does that then qualify you to take over as chancellor or home/foreign secretary?
In the United States this would be unheard of (the random election to positions of power, rather than an expenses scandal!). As batty as some of their politics is, the people who get placed as secretary of defence, as the various scientific advisors, are placed there because they are qualified and have a lot of experience within those roles. Here it's like a bunch of primary school children arguing over who gets to play with the Lego and who gets stuck with the jigsaw puzzles. But, no matter, if someone buggers up, you can play "run the country" next week!
Isn't Darling being tipped for the Home Secretary job? I believe Ed Balls is then supposed to wander his way to being Chancellor, Milliband was offered i think, but he said he wanted to stay being Foreign Secretary.
Last edited by Whiternoise; 03-06-2009 at 11:14 AM.
\o/ what the hell is going on, a mini heat wave, decent weather, all the muppets we want shot of in parliment are being forced out (although I think they should be arrested and charged for what they have done, we would of).....
Either there is something else at play here or we finally are going to have one of the best summers yet, and not because of the weather this timeThe only downside to it is that no doubt Gordon Brown will replace those gone with equivalent mp's that don't have a clue either.
Well the muppets have decided they don't like Brown, so they're trying to get him to go, when they'll all suddenly get all pally with the new labour leader I guess.
She's worth a goI bet you fancy her really
It's not that silly when you think about it. The people in these positions are all elected members of parliament unlike their US counterparts who are simple chosen by the man in power, and we all know how corrupt the system is for getting him there in the first place.More good news guys, strike 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/...cs/8080777.stm
I've never understood the point of a reshuffle. When you sign up to be an MP, do they ask you "in the event of dud party members, which critically important roles would you like to take on?", i mean if you're put into government as say the minister for education - why does that then qualify you to take over as chancellor or home/foreign secretary?
In the United States this would be unheard of (the random election to positions of power, rather than an expenses scandal!). As batty as some of their politics is, the people who get placed as secretary of defence, as the various scientific advisors, are placed there because they are qualified and have a lot of experience within those roles. Here it's like a bunch of primary school children arguing over who gets to play with the Lego and who gets stuck with the jigsaw puzzles. But, no matter, if someone buggers up, you can play "run the country" next week!
Isn't Darling being tipped for the Home Secretary job? I believe Ed Balls is then supposed to wander his way to being Chancellor, Milliband was offered i think, but he said he wanted to stay being Foreign Secretary.
Also, although they may not have huge experience in whatever field they are perfectly capable of passing government decision on to the vast (and experienced) bureaucracy of the civil service who actually implement whatever crazy schemes the mad-hats in power think up.
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