The next Conservative Leader thread.

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Mr Jack said:
He gets 3.5% of salary for each year of mandate (to a maximum of 70%), that would be 18 -20 years of service so he'll get 63-70% of the monthly MEP salary of €8,213.02, which would make it €5174 to €5749. Paid from the age of 63.
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Nice, a pension over twice the average pre-tax income in this country. :mad:
 
Just reading the weekend FT (pp. 3), and it's so nice to know that the next PM of this country will be chosen by about 140,000 people who are
  • 75% upper or middle class
  • 70% male
  • 50% over the age of 60
  • 60% from the south of England
It's wonderfully democratic and really reflects the country.
 
joeyjojo said:
Just reading the weekend FT (pp. 3), and it's so nice to know that the next PM of this country will be chosen by about 140,000 people who are
  • 75% upper or middle class
  • 70% male
  • 50% over the age of 60
  • 60% from the south of England
It's wonderfully democratic and really reflects the country.
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We do not and have never voted for the PM in this country, or indeed does anyone in any country which has a parliamentary democracy.
 
[TW]Fox;29760699 said:
Whilst I am no fan of Farage I am not sure what the average income has to do with somebodies pension. There is no, and should be no, link at all.

An odd thing to say really.
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Just for an easy comparison. Doesn't it strike you as excessive?

Also was off the back of reading an article that UK FTSE 350 companies have a combined pension deficit of £119 bn. I wonder very much what pensions will look like when people my age are retiring.
 
joeyjojo said:
Just for an easy comparison. Doesn't it strike you as excessive?
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For somebody on a 6 figure salary for 20 years, no. Why would you expect a pension from such a highly paid position to be linked to the average wage?

Put aside your dislike for Farage and the way he has behaved as an MEP for the last 20 years and just think generally.
 
I'm not concerned about Farage's pension because any irritation that you have in the value of his retirement income pales into insignificance when you consider that he's been paid by the taxpayer to be a professional troll for two decades.
 
[TW]Fox;29759511 said:
Thanks for clarifying the obvious no. No idea what bearing it has on his question or my answer, though.

He's never had any input, hasn't stopped him being around has it?
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If I'm stating the obvious then stop your belly aching about what Farage has or hasn't done about Brexit.
 
joeyjojo said:
Just for an easy comparison. Doesn't it strike you as excessive?
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It strikes me as excessive for Farage since he never bothered doing his job properly as an MEP but it doesn't strike me as excessive for an MEP, no. Why do you think it should?
 
Mr Jack said:
It strikes me as excessive for Farage since he never bothered doing his job properly as an MEP but it doesn't strike me as excessive for an MEP, no. Why do you think it should?
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Yeah pension should have been based on how many votes you turn up to.....
 
Mr Jack said:
It strikes me as excessive for Farage since he never bothered doing his job properly as an MEP but it doesn't strike me as excessive for an MEP, no. Why do you think it should?
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We all know the EU wastes colossal amounts of money - that's a big part of the reason why we voted to Leave. Farage's pension is the tip of the iceberg.
 
scorza said:
We all know the EU wastes colossal amounts of money - that's a big part of the reason why we voted to Leave. Farage's pension is the tip of the iceberg.
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That's the widely peddled myth, yes. I guess it's true what they say about repeating the lie often enough.
 
scorza said:
We all know the EU wastes colossal amounts of money - that's a big part of the reason why we voted to Leave. Farage's pension is the tip of the iceberg.
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There is the same arguments said about the uk civil service and also things the government spends on like the new high speed rail
 
Greebo said:
There is the same arguments said about the uk civil service and also things the government spends on like the new high speed rail
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Waste is unavoidable. The bigger the organisation the more waste it will generally produce - sad fact of life I'm afraid. All you can do is try to minimise it. The EU never does this which is why they're still moving the European Parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg and back again every year.
 
joeyjojo said:
Just reading the weekend FT (pp. 3), and it's so nice to know that the next PM of this country will be chosen by about 140,000 people who are
  • 75% upper or middle class
  • 70% male
  • 50% over the age of 60
  • 60% from the south of England
It's wonderfully democratic and really reflects the country.
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Well if it makes you feel better, all the candidates are awful, so the vote isn't that important ;)
 
As someone said earlier:

chrcoluk said:
Never thought I would be hoping for may to be leader, but that other lady her background and the sort of policies she wants is scary.
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The EU negotiations are incredibly important, Leadsom wants to treat article 50 as some sort of fraternity initiation exercise to win over the Tory faithful.
 
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