The Gordon Brown rollover
Posted on July 7, 2010I’ve had a brilliant idea, though I say so myself.
It’s become a game in Westminster to spot the rare occasions that Gordon Brown actually comes to Parliament. Guido is right to point out this is unfair on the taxpayers who are paying him to be absent, and his constituents who deserve an MP speaking up for them.
Instead of paying the daily salary to him for doing nothing, maybe we should institute a Gordon Brown rollover. Anyone who spots Gordon in the Palace of Westminster should be paid his daily salary until the next sighting, at which point the rollover is transferred to the new Brown-spotter. I’m sure the game would prove popular among Parliamentary researchers.
There is a serious issue here. MPs are always comparing themselves to busy corporate bosses, particularly when it comes to reviewing their salaries. Surely they should actually have to turn up to work in return for their hefty pay packets?
Tags: Gordon Brown, MPs expenses, Parliament, Politics
Categories: Politics, Westminster
Possibly like Margaret Thatcher, John Major before him they have lost a role and have nowhere to turn. In the case of Brown he had it coming but was to arrogant to heed the signs and should have resigned before he was kicked out. His greed was his downfall as was his arrogance and taken together it was more than a sucker punch to the head, it was voter assassination.
20.07.2010 14:37
Fair comment on Broon – but your general ignorance of the constituency workload of MPs is probably why TP have become regarded as lightweight.
20.07.2010 15:41
Why would he be interested in turning up for work now that he has no power? He’s neither Nulab leader nor PM – what is the point of him? One thing I can bet on is that he entered politix not for the people of his constituency but for what he could get out of it for himself. Now he’s a nobody, there is no personal gain – hence his lack of interest. Typical NuLab. Shame on him and shame on them.
20.07.2010 16:26
Is there any chance of his e-mail address, I don’t live in Scotland but I’m paying his wages so I would like to know why I am.
20.07.2010 17:56
Just two points,
Firstly Browns constituents have inflicted him on us at every election for the last 27 years, I think they should count themselves lucky not to have had the vote taken away from them as they are plainly incapable of using it wisly.
I would also point out that if we had paid Gordon Brown his MP’s salary for the last 27 years on the strict understanding that he went nowhere near the levers of power and didn’t concern himself with anyone elses problems then we would all be far far better off.
The last thing we need is the gibbering fuckwit cut lose from his stipend trying to find something “useful” to do.
21.07.2010 12:56