Liz Truss' huge net worth as she's entitled to £115k per year for the rest of her life

Doobedoo · 21 Oct 2022 at 12:49

dLockers said:
Turn your critical thinking on - it was a joke.

Did you not hear me laughing

sigma · 21 Oct 2022 at 13:18

plasmahal said:

Self portrait?

chaparral · 21 Oct 2022 at 13:25

plasmahal said:

I used to watch this...now I feel old :cry:

Was called the young ones if I remember right

arknor · 21 Oct 2022 at 13:51

dLockers said:
Pay peanuts, get monkeys. Private sector pays way too much for anyone of decent ability to be bothered with politics, unless they're a shill for the private sector.

why are we getting monkeys still then? how much money should we be paying mps millions a y ear?

dlockers · 21 Oct 2022 at 13:55

arknor said:
why are we getting monkeys still then? how much money should we be paying mps millions a y ear?

Incentivise good performance on key metrics that can't be fudged. Just like (most) of the senior private sector roles. The cash they get is irrelevant if they are making the difference that delivers that value.

glenimp617 · 21 Oct 2022 at 13:58

Roar87 · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:08

dLockers said:
Incentivise good performance on key metrics that can't be fudged. Just like (most) of the senior private sector roles. The cash they get is irrelevant if they are making the difference that delivers that value.

Is this a serious proposal? You haven't thought of any barriers that might get in the way of this suggestion?

Quartz · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:11

chaparral said:
Surely this can't be true

The article is disingenuous. It's an expense account, not a grant.

Doobedoo · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:19

Quartz said:
The article is disingenuous. It's an expense account, not a grant.

It’s a pretty generous expense account though, 2/3rds of her annual salary despite being in office for a month and a half.

Zatoichi.uK · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:22

Good Jonathan Pie rant to watch. Won't link here for naughty word reasons.

Quartz · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:23

Doobedoo said:
It’s a pretty generous expense account though, 2/3rds of her annual salary despite being in office for a month and a half.

Yes. They don't call it the gravy train for nothing.

Doobedoo · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:27

Quartz said:
Yes. They don't call it the gravy train for nothing.

Plus pension and in the case of Boris and Teresa plus £84,000 mp salary. Quite the gravy train indeed.

All former Prime Ministers are entitled to the allowance - even if they continue serving in Parliament - though if they accept any public appointment then the amount will be reviewed. This means that former Prime Ministers who continue to serve as MPs, such as Theresa May and Boris Johnson, are paid the allowance on top of their £84,144 salary.

However, Truss has faced calls to turn down the allowance, due to her short time in office. Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union(opens in new tab) - which represents civil servants - said: "At a time when one in five civil servants are using food banks and 35% have skipped meals because they have no food, it’s grotesque that Liz Truss can walk away with what is effectively a £115,000 bonus."

Black Noir · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:27

The Prime Minister is entitled to an annual salary of £164,080. Their earnings are made up of £79,936 for their role as Prime Minister, and an additional £84,144 as an MP.

Wut. Isn't that just extracting the urine?

By being the Prime Minister, you need to be a member of parliament anyway. Ridiculous.

Kelt · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:29

Never thought I'd say this, but even if Abbot and ~~Costello~~ Corbyn were in charge of Labour, I'd prefer them over this hedge fund controlled shower we have at the moment.

dlockers · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:31

Roar87 said:
Is this a serious proposal? You haven't thought of any barriers that might get in the way of this suggestion?

Yes mate, thought out to its fullest extent and posted on OCUK for the government to pickup and execute.

Edit: :rolleyes:

^infinity

chroniclard · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:34

Given the role I don't.think MP/pm salaries are particularly outlandish.

glenimp617 · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:38

chroniclard said:
Given the role I don't.think MP/pm salaries are particularly outlandish.

This is why I'd like to become an MP. My problem though is that I have morals. That said, this year even I have been tested.

Doobedoo · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:43

chroniclard said:
Given the role I don't.think MP/pm salaries are particularly outlandish.

The deserve to be paid what they are worth. Which for many of them is not a lot.

Quartz · 21 Oct 2022 at 14:44

Black Noir said:
By being the Prime Minister, you need to be a member of parliament anyway.

Strictly speaking that is not correct. The Prime Minister is the person who can command a majority in the House of Commons. They don't actually need to be a MP. By convention they are a MP. Lord Home was the last PM to be a Lord though he swiftly renounced his title and became a MP. He was still PM in the interim - neither Lord nor MP. Before that you have the Marquess of Salisbury, as recently as 1902.

plasmahal · 21 Oct 2022 at 16:03

sigma said:
Self portrait?

Nope, you are Rick the socialist....