tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post3039774630781638144..comments2024-01-30T09:22:08.167+00:00Comments on Newmania In Lewes: How The EU WorksNewmaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-15949605391747616912007-10-20T14:19:00.000+01:002007-10-20T14:19:00.000+01:00Quite. And we can kick them out if we want to, whi...Quite. And we can kick them out if we want to, which at least keeps some of them on their toes.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-46692501816547331462007-10-20T13:41:00.000+01:002007-10-20T13:41:00.000+01:00Oh well most of them might be lazy, overpaid (for ...Oh well most of them might be lazy, overpaid (for what they do) bastards but at least they're our lazy overpaid bastards, not some unelected twat creaming lucrative expenses between Strasbourg and Brussels.Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445624135697167219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-46070336975956311572007-10-20T13:32:00.000+01:002007-10-20T13:32:00.000+01:00That's the problem isn't it. Sensible people gener...That's the problem isn't it. Sensible people generally don't want to be MPs because they have proper careers so it's left to the second rate lot to fill the seats.<BR/><BR/>There are some good MPs but most of them are party hacks who have never worked in the "real world".Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-7874370724171847082007-10-19T20:58:00.000+01:002007-10-19T20:58:00.000+01:00Thats not too bad is it Ed and honmestly it is soe...Thats not too bad is it Ed and honmestly it is soemthing you or I could could easily do . I ve met a few and they really aren`t very impressive peopleNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-12102122960886327982007-10-19T18:53:00.000+01:002007-10-19T18:53:00.000+01:00I think MPs do comfortably!They get 100,000 or so ...I think MPs do comfortably!<BR/><BR/>They get 100,000 or so and then shed loads of perks like mortgage relief for the second home (even after they have paid the mortgage off) and travel and secretaries etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>MPs do pretty much have to shelve their principles a lot of the time though to toe the party line.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-23270142259286025882007-10-19T18:47:00.000+01:002007-10-19T18:47:00.000+01:00TB you will be amazed but I was asked to out mysel...TB you will be amazed but I was asked to out myself on the list by the local Party . If you had the time and money I really doin1t think being an MP is that hard<BR/><BR/>( Not that well paid come to think of it )Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-65721103033047908342007-10-19T18:46:00.001+01:002007-10-19T18:46:00.001+01:00That really is fasninating Ed and reminds me alot ...That really is fasninating Ed and reminds me alot of the position with housing and planningNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-53478820703734233962007-10-19T18:46:00.000+01:002007-10-19T18:46:00.000+01:00mermaid ..good to hear. The thing is that Thatch c...mermaid ..good to hear. The thing is that Thatch changed and her rhetoric was far more extreme than what she actually did.Which Thatcher lives on , the real one or the Spitting image PuppetNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-3518423154718078202007-10-19T16:34:00.000+01:002007-10-19T16:34:00.000+01:00See our MPs will be getting a few extra weeks off ...See our MPs will be getting a few extra weeks off a year, probably because there's not much left for them to do once Brussels have decided our laws. <BR/><BR/>Nice "work" if you can get it.Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445624135697167219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-44106203857627694652007-10-19T16:23:00.000+01:002007-10-19T16:23:00.000+01:00N, there is an added complexity:The EU legislation...N, there is an added complexity:<BR/><BR/>The EU legislation on ID cards and data privacy etc. was instigated by our own government.<BR/><BR/>Unpopular measures are floated in Europe so that if there's a backlash our leaders can say "oh but it's Europe so we don't have any choice".Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-76558489334787938972007-10-19T15:04:00.000+01:002007-10-19T15:04:00.000+01:00I put up an article about how Thatcher discouraged...I put up an article about how Thatcher discouraged borrowing in the kitchen. someone saw me and said: "I've never voted but now I am going to vote Conservative cos Labour are screwing us over."<BR/><BR/>Even after her political death, Thatcher lives on.Mermaid of Moorgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485679698269770465noreply@blogger.com