by Oui
Sun Nov 14th, 2021 at 11:55:23 AM EST
Tories, Brexit All About Sleaze and Lies ...
Boris Johnson Sleaze Even In Love Affair
Sleaze and Paterson, Johnson overplayed his hand
Johnson refuses to apologise for his handling of the Owen Paterson vote
Finance watchdog TCA
Corporations are constituents too
The only people MPs should be hustling for are their constituents | The Guardian Opinion |
In his recent memoir, the Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell recalls a conversation with Boris Johnson more than 20 years ago that is sharply relevant to the rolling sleaze crisis now engulfing the government. Having made his name as a celebrity journalist, Mr Johnson's ambitions had swivelled to politics. His hungry gaze alighted on getting himself selected as the Conservative candidate for the safe seat of Henley and he sought out Mr Mitchell for advice on being an MP. "What does one get paid?" he asked. Upon hearing the answer, he boggled at an income that to him sounded like a very trivial sum and expostulated: "I can't possibly live on that."
As the public has been learning over recent days, the Tory leader is not the only politician to think that an MP's salary, though nearly triple that of the national average, is a poverty wage. There are a lot with side hustles. While they may tell their constituents that it is a privilege to represent them in the Commons, they will eagerly serve other masters when the price is right.
Lobbyists and Keeping Earnings Secret
Keir Starmer and Labour Polls
Weakening Election Watchdog
The last gasps of Brexit and GB Independence ...
Bonfires In Belfast
Masked gunmen who hijacked bus and set it on fire in Newtownards claimed to be `from Protestant Action Force'
More to come under Tory governance of England 🤡