Private Eye – Number Crunching

[Hymie]

1% - Pay rise for NHS staff demanded in January, which David Cameron said was impossible because ‘we need to keep the pay bill under control’

10% - Pay rise for MPs announced last week, of which David Cameron says ‘you’re paid a rate for the job and you should take the rate for the job’

[Togo]

We couldn't get worse than we have now fiction. I like the idea. We could have mikey and gromit conscripted. Be some fun then.

[fiction-factory]

Did you vote for anyone Togo? If not , can you really complain? If yes, did yours get elected and if not why do you think the electorate chose someone else?

[Togo]

I vote in every local or national election ff. Sometimes my choice gets the chance to shaft me sometimes the choice of others gets the chance to shaft me. but at least our flip flop system is better than a dictatorship. At least we can all do this without fear of . Gotta answer the door some clown is hammering on it. [^_*]

[steg]

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fiction-factory
I wonder whether the anti-austerity SNP MPs will refuse the increase?
21:22 Wed 22nd Jul 2015

They can't refuse the increase but the 56 SNP mp's are to give their rise
= £7000 to good causes/charity

http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/business-news/politics/snp-mps-have-pledged-to-donate-their-massive-pay-rise-to-charity/10699.article

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/snp-mps-at-westminster-are-giving-their-7000-pay-rise-to-charity-10397476.html

[fiction-factory]

Thanks steg- good for them.

[fiction-factory]

I meant well done to them

[steg]

No probs ff, they are a good party

[fiction-factory]

I'm waiting to see if they seek to change the fox hunting laws in Scotland now.

[fiction-factory]

Sorry- gone off topic now.

[steg]

I would imagine that will be the case, Scotland banned traditional fox hunting before England tho, it's just that it is an old law that needs tightened up, I think all hunting laws not just the cute wee ginger rabies carrying killer fox laws need to be updated

[chaptazbru2]

^ rabies carrying ????

[ukbod2015]

As they are looking for another 40% saving from the treasury doesnt that equate to about 260 MPs - just make the constituencies a bit bigger even less if you detach Scotland and Wales.

[Peter Pedant]

Sir Ian Kennedy he who awarded the MPs their whacking great pay rise has written to the Times after someone accused him of taking home £182k p.a., repeated by me in this thread that in fact he only earned £37k as parliamentary supremo p.a.

I am happy in true journo fashion, to put the record straight

His org is called IPSA and after this blooper - I suppose it should OOP-SA !

[jno]

mikey, as I understand it, the MPs don't award themselves anything.