The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Yet again we have another example of a Member of Parliament gaining financially.
I fail to understand why the public accepts practices amongst its representatives that would not be tolerated by most employers.
MPs are paid, not ungenerously, from the public purse and it is not unreasonable to therefore expect that they work full time.
It is argued that work outside Parliament broadens horizons and promotes experience but surely these experiences could be gained by voluntary work within their own constituency.
It is of course quite legal for external employment to be undertaken but the moral standards of those who do it must be open to serious question.
The amounts of remuneration for the services provided by MPs staggers belief and cannot bear scrutiny in the terms of what is provided by return.
It would also seem reasonable to think that anyone who is, allegedly, giving up free time to work for a charity would do it for nothing as do thousands of other people.
Voters would do well to remember this when at the polling booth and should keep the words “pigs” and “troughs” in mind.
I.Sloan
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