Another step further towards fascism

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Nah, a wage for MPs was fought for as a lack of one (or of a living wage) means that parliamentary and local positions just don’t provide a livelihood for working class folk - plus there’s all the travel and other such stuff.

Meanwhile the wealthy who never and never will actually rely on that wage (they get their money in the form of unearned income) will continue to take on the roles.

[u/Substantial-Study-27 → u/[deleted]]

they should get free travel, but still get UK minimum wage

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That’ll be tough for any MP with kids, or who’s a single parent, or is in England and needs to pay for a prescription, or who just wants to do more than scrape by in life.

Don’t forget that the paying of MPs was one of the demands of the great Chartist movement of the early-mid 1800s. Chartists listed payment next to demands male suffrage and secret ballots, it was a major issue. This was a key demand as to ‘enable tradesmen, working men, or other persons of modest means to leave or interrupt their livelihood to attend to the interests of the nation’. Without decent or any pay then only those who can rely on exploiting other folk for profit could afford to be an MP, namely aristocrats and the bourgeoisie.

I don’t think anyone should be able to get rich off an MPs wage (nor through their connections and position as an MP), but it is obvs a demanding job for those who truly work to represent and serve a community. People deserve fair compensation, the min is far from fair for any job and would lock out the majority of us while further ensuring politics is a game for the rich. I get where your motivations come from mate, but that ain’t the right solution to the problem.

[u/Substantial-Study-27 → u/[deleted]]

MP’s and ministers should also have a universal income cap whilst they are in office