What do you think of Politicians
Watch this postThere was a time when we respected our Leaders but not any more!!! Cameron was never a Leader, or cared about the people......yet who is there among Political Parties who will Govern with Honesty and a genuine intent to help the people? America also is in Political turmoil and all the while ISIS is making inroads , scary eh???
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In America the situation is even worse. You cannot even run for president unless you're a multi-millionaire, like Trump, or have friends in high places, like Clinton. No wonder they end up with such a terrible choice.
Sorry, but I have to disagree....as a Company and Trust Administrator in a Bank in Jersey I noticed many rich people and famous people using off shore Companies to avoid U.K. tax.
Politicians do not work very hard , although I suspect there are some who do care about their
constituents and go the extra mile, maybe set a higher rise for the low paid. Senior Politicians fare very well, especially if based in Brussels and when we witness so many redundancies now I think there are more workers who deserve to earn more money.
I appreciate your point, particularly in relation to politicians in Brussels. It has been noted that Neil Kinnock (a politician rejected by the British electorate) has earned a salary far in excess of that which he would have received as prime minister by jumping on the EU gravy train.
However, in a world in which the head of a FTSE 100 company earns an average of £5.5 million and even in the public sector a head of a university can earn a salary twice that of the prime minister, it is unsurprising much of Britain's talent is not attracted by politics. Those vocationally drawn to such a career are more likely to be born in to wealth than have worked hard to accumulate it in their own lifetime and that is hardly an endorsement of their ability (Cameron being an obvious example).
I also agree with you there are some MPs who do not work hard (though there are also many who do). which is why I made the point that it is also important that the terms of the job are altered to weed out those who are not committed.
I'm sure a salary increase wouldn't solve all the problems, but given the assumption of the OP that the current standard is not good enough, if money is not part of the answer to attract better MPs, what do you believe the alternative is?