The Conservative Party

[Marlo]

Exactly - if your MP gets £400k for his/her side hustle and £80k for being your MP which job is really the side hustle? Plenty of their constituents have second jobs though - the reason for that being is to pay the rent or clothe the kids or just to buy food and thats what these MP's don't get as they are so far removed from reality

I think there is levels to this and a public service issue. Also is your role as MP been monetised. If you are a Dr or some other profession that needs to work to maintain your qualifications that should be allowed. No one would have a issue with Cox doing Pro Bona legal work, especially if it was with vulnerable people in his community. It could be said working among the community enhances your ability to be an MP.

The issue here is Cox is taking an astronomical sum of money, for a case against the government while been away from his constituents for two months at a time. Added to the fact that he has not spoken in Parliament since February 2020. In the case of Patterson he has directly monetised his role as MP, without it nobody was given him a 100k a year. The argument you could make is Cox's previous Role as AG has allowed him to charge these fees, but ultimately you wonder why he bothers. He seems to have little interest in been an MP or serving the public. Be best to just go back to his legal career.

 

[bluethrunthru]

To quote the late great Jimmy Cricket - and there's more

Iain Duncan Smith accused of ‘brazen conflict of interest’ over £25,000 job

Ex-Tory leader chaired government taskforce that recommended new rules benefiting firm he was employed by

www.theguardian.com

 

[remember arthur mann]

Surprise surprise, that horrible murdering scumbag Ian liar Duncan Smith is a crooked corrupt ****, taking money from a hand sanitiser company



The Police should be investigating these cunts, arresting them and sent to jail for their actions.

There is a political maxim that says every Labour government ends with the country in financial trouble and every Conservative government ends mired in sleaze and corruption. It appears given the polls that people in the country are happy for the Tories to take the piss out of them as long as the countries finances are in order. At the moment though the Tories face the perfect storm, not only are they sleazy and corrupt but the countries finances are fucked as well according to the ideals that the Tories have followed since Thatcher.

16 Tory party treasurers who gave more than £3 million to the Tory party got peerages, yes 16 , the bent cunts. Cox the bent **** spent lockdown earning millions advising the Government of the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven.

Johnson is to blame for all this disgusting corruption by his MP's as he cannot sanction them because he is a corrupt **** himself. The self entitlement of the fuckers is astonishing, they do not give a fuck as long as their own pockets and their mates pockets are bulging with money.

No surprises here then, like I've always said, anyone who works the state over should be put up against the wall.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Surprise surprise, that horrible murdering scumbag Ian liar Duncan Smith is a crooked corrupt ****, taking money from a hand sanitiser company

once again they'll completely wash their hands on this

 

[bluethrunthru]

once again they'll completely wash their hands on this

They have got their work cut out to take back control of the narrative on this one

 

[lazerblue]

once again they'll completely wash their hands on this

boom boom, very good ha

 

[Mon Autre]

Drastic overhaul needed but this Nasty Party are not the ones who will do it. To many noses (sorry snouts) in the trough.

We need to pay MPs a higher wage - £150k + a set allowance for office, PM £250k. For this non of them should be allowed a second job whatsoever. No lobbying and no money for contracts to any ‘friends’ or family. The job of MP should be enough, any MP not spending at least 40 hrs a week doing their job as an MP is not doing it properly.

I actually agree that MPs could be paid more for what they do, but also I think it would be naive to think that this kind of self serving behaviour would be eradicated by raising their salaries. Let's not forget, by and large this a problem quite specific to the Tory party. The vast, vast majority of MPs from other parties don't seem to be having this problem. And the amount of money we're talking about raising their salaries by is dwarfed by the amount they're currently making by helping out private business interests on the not-so-sly. These people are motivated by a level of greed beyond belief and if they can't have a second job they will find some other means of abusing their position. These people are morally bankrupt and chucking them an extra 70k per year isn't going to change that.

 

[bluethrunthru]

don't forget as well as £82k they also get a 2nd home thats subsidised - subsidised travel - subsidised bars and restaurants - can claim for food and other stuff on expenses and a great pension scheme so why do they need more?
They understood what they were getting into and the remuneration expected - anyone else taken a job at£30k a year then within a couple of years lobbying for a wage increase to £60k pa? How did that work out for you?

 

[metalblue]

Surprise surprise, that horrible murdering scumbag Ian liar Duncan Smith is a crooked corrupt ****, taking money from a hand sanitiser company



The Police should be investigating these cunts, arresting them and sent to jail for their actions.

There is a political maxim that says every Labour government ends with the country in financial trouble and every Conservative government ends mired in sleaze and corruption. It appears given the polls that people in the country are happy for the Tories to take the piss out of them as long as the countries finances are in order. At the moment though the Tories face the perfect storm, not only are they sleazy and corrupt but the countries finances are fucked as well according to the ideals that the Tories have followed since Thatcher.

16 Tory party treasurers who gave more than £3 million to the Tory party got peerages, yes 16 , the bent cunts. Cox the bent **** spent lockdown earning millions advising the Government of the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven.

Johnson is to blame for all this disgusting corruption by his MP's as he cannot sanction them because he is a corrupt **** himself. The self entitlement of the fuckers is astonishing, they do not give a fuck as long as their own pockets and their mates pockets are bulging with money.

How short is thy memory - the 2009 cash for influence scandal ring any bells?

There are around 15 former union leaders also sitting in the lords having donated millions to the Labour Party. Along with business men/women who have also donated millions to the Labour Party. All appointed in last 20 years.

In summary I don’t think anyone can claim the moral high ground. Certainly not the tories or labour

 

[BobKowalski]

How short is thy memory - the 2009 cash for influence scandal ring any bells?

There are around 15 former union leaders also sitting in the lords having donated millions to the Labour Party. Along with business men/women who have also donated millions to the Labour Party. All appointed in last 20 years.

In summary I don’t think anyone can claim the moral high ground. Certainly not the tories or labour

Leaving aside the whiff of whataboutery, the idea that no one can claim the moral high ground and therefore condemn the corruption in the Tory party is a bizarre take.