A £30,000+ rise for our MPs? - Bercow certainly thinks their worth every penny.

[GommeInc]

Bring back Blair.

It is probably safe to say he was decent compared to what we've got now, at least we wanted him What happened during his leadership is a bit sketchy though, like the war and tricky finances - maybe that's why he left it all to Brown as a scape goat

[Tintinnabulate]

Blair is probably laughing now as he left at the perfect time for himself.

Err why does this idiot decide how much the MPs get?

Even a new MP could have become the commons speaker. Just tell them all this:

I WILL GIVE YOU ALL A PAY RISE
I WILL GIVE YOU ALL FREE CARS
I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ALL BECOME RICHER

[Chippiewill]

Much?

[-:Undertaker:-]

Blair was just as bad as Brown and never even wanted to leave, he'd still be Prime Minister now if it wasn't for the basic coup the Labour Party had against him. Gladstone was 82 when he formed a government, Maggie is at 83 - there is still hope!

[GommeInc]

Blair was just as bad as Brown and never even wanted to leave, he'd still be Prime Minister now if it wasn't for the basic coup the Labour Party had against him. Gladstone was 82 when he formed a government, Maggie is at 83 - there is still hope!

Isn't the old girl ill though?

[PaintYourTarget]

I think they should get pay rises, if there's a lot of money in it, it will attract brilliant thinkers away from the Private Sector and into Government.

[GommeInc]

I think they should get pay rises, if there's a lot of money in it, it will attract brilliant thinkers away from the Private Sector and into Government.

Explain your thought process... High wages usually attract the wrong people, who's only passion is for money. If people want to be in politics, they'll go into it for whatever salary - which usually attracts the good from the bad.

[PaintYourTarget]

Sometimes in it for the money, not the people, can be better. I mean they'll be able to make the more ruthless decisions in life. But, a lot of people are money driven and you can't blame them for rather going private than public.

[Chippiewill]

I think MPs should get paid for each day they go in for more than 4hours and the maximum amount they can be paid should be £100,000

[GommeInc]

I think MPs should get paid for each day they go in for more than 4hours and the maximum amount they can be paid should be £100,000

Is that seriosuly what you think? I would say they only deserve £40,000 to £50,000 which is a helluva lot anyway. They do not need money chucked at them, the money chucked at them should go towards the country and keeping it debt free.