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MPs and their other jobs

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

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The Sad Price You Pay Is, Sorry, You Can't Do Shifts, an Aone

i worry that banning m ps from having second jobs will deter a lot of people who would actually be rather good m ps, unless they get a major pay rise. I don't want people in parliament who have inherited a ton of money and therefore can do the quotes public service and quotes without having any impact on their private circumstances. Who here would like to stand up in the market place at this point in british political history and argue with their full chest that m ps deserve a massive pay right roughly, i would say, a hundred % theyr. Currently on, just north of 80, i think just north of a hundred and 60 would be muchmo reasonable remuneration for a

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