MPs have suggested a 32% increase in their pay to the Commons expenses watchdog, it has been revealed.
Members said they deserved (interesting word) an £86,250 salary in an anonymous (cowards) survey conducted by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).
The Commons voted against a 1% pay rise in 2011 and last year agreed to extend the pay freeze into 2013, but the survey found that 69% thought they were underpaid on their current wage of £65,738.
According to the results Conservative MPs were the most likely to believe they were underpaid, on average Tories said their salary should be £96,740, the Lib Dems thought £78,361 was the right amount and Labour opted for £77,322.
Other parties put the figure at £75,091, with 20% of those questioned saying they should be paid £95,000 or more.
You’ve got to hand it to MPs they may be greedy bastards but at least they’re consistent, and also cowardly they’re happy to say anonymously that they want a 32% wage increase, but I’d love to see one with the guts to say it publicly and would love to see them try to justify it.
What makes this even more laughable is that the MPs voted against a 1% pay rise and voted in favour of a pay freeze to be extended into this year and now they want a 32% increase?
As a member of the great unwashed maybe I’m just too stupid to understand, because the maths doesn’t make much sense to me here.
If MPs salaries were amplified to the desired figure would that mean wages across Britain will see a similar increase?
I think we all know the answer to that, so much for being all in this together.
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