Tom Watson has landed a job as an advisor to Paddy Power and Betfair.
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Ffs - as bad as Failing Grayling getting a ports advisory job for ÂŁ100k a year.
Theyâve all got their snouts in the trough - regardless of Party.
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Please use the correct letter placement, abbreviation and punctuation.
Itâs âTwatâs onâ, tyvm
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The problem is so bad that I would be quite happy for departing MPs to get their usual salary for 10 years after departing office.
On the proviso that they donât do any other paid work.
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I could live with that but I suspect most of them have one eye on the cushy consultancy work when they stop being an MP, but with a basic salary of âonlyâ ÂŁ81,932 you can sort of understand why ÂŁ100k a year for 7 hours âworkâ a week would appeal to Grayling. Heâs got another 4 days a week to fill with similarâŚ
Got to keep the Good Lady Wife in Gin and fags havenât you?
Which is a bit ironic given he was the self appointed anti gambling tsar as an MP
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If you were allowed by your employer to work 7 hours a week for ÂŁ100k somewhere else, who wouldnât
I would rather pay MPs more and ban them from earning elsewhere
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Standard.
Who better to advise the gambling companies on bending the rules?
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I think you are being too polite with âironicâ. Fucking hypocritical money grubbing twattery works better for me.
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I suppose technically we are their employers. Nobody asked me, or anyone i know if we should allow the greedy bastards to moonlight for 7 hours a week and trouser 100k a year for prostituting their position as an MP, using inside information they have gained in government departments and contacts they have made to put money in the pockets of their âbenefactorsâ.
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Though to be fair they arenât supposed to share insider knowledge which is religiously scrutinised by the Parliamentary Standards Committee (allegedly) - Now thereâs an oxymoron if ever I saw one 
And this:
That is a lot to digest. I can understand how things can change with the NI trade with us. For me it appears we made the agreement last year with the EU to give the whole trade scenario a chance to be delivered. The EU are unwilling to give us our fishing rights amongst other points being argued.
If we can get a tariff free deal then no need for a change in the NI deal.
A big IF.
FPTP = dictatorship of the elected.
Thus it has always been*
* Except the Remainer Parliament
I still think the average citizen would save more money in the long run.
It might even stem the flow of dishonest MPs looking to achieve the revolving door effect from entering Parliament in the first place.
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Good grief
Not being funny here, but I think youâre vastly over-estimating Graylingâs intelligence.
The way things are going it seems not only his.
So, apparently Raab is even unaware that USA are the Guarantor of the GFA and Biden is completely correct when he says breaching it will make any Trade deal impossible
The man is my local MP and from talking to people, is considered a bit of a idiotic twat
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