Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Found some of the information:

The salary entitlement of a Select Committee Chair is £81,936 (this figure comprises of MP's salary of £67,060 and additional salary for Select Committee Chairs of £14,876) from 1 April 2014.

It seems Rifkind is less than sensitive about his salary and remember the salary does not take into consideration his "expenses" and "perks" he of course thinks as a man of his "professional" standing and "ability" is entitled to.

It is a little "amusing" to see him chairman of a committee which may investigate "Stings and Scams".

He is as incompetent as Dodgy Dave and George who have been trying to tighten up on Tax evasion and avoidance techniques for nearly 5 years, but unable to find the screwdriver to tighten the screws on their mates.

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Get ye gone!

Ashcroft is not a honest person a tax evader so who gives a toss about him he is scum . any one not paying their taxes should have no say in gov .
Ashcroft the dishonest not a lord a scumbag

fred - to the best of my knowledge, MPs just get paid a salary .... in fact, i'm sure that must be so, as some MPs have a very poor attendance record


btw, i caught a little snippet on the subject of minimum and living wage .....
if i understood correctly, the minimum wage is set by some committee which looks at a level which it feels can be afforded without putting jobs at risk - ie creating a situation of diminishing returns

rifkind the liar I do not get a salary . the man is a clown and should now be investigated on is tax affairs

£67k a year?

This is 'a bit of a pittance' these days for a top guy, IMHO. Anyone who believes otherwise is quite naive.

In a meeting with the reporters, Sir Malcolm said: “You’d be surprised how much free time I have. I spend a lot of time reading, I spend a lot of time walking. Because I’m not a minister or full-time working for one person I can sort out my day”.

Mr Howells, who served as a Foreign Office minister under Tony Blair, said he was “bewildered” by Sir Malcolm’s claims and said he should step down.

ex the man is a liar I do not get a salary I have to charge 5000 a day to live

Who says an MP is a top guy?

By what standard??

if you can not live on the wage your job pays then find another job that does
but this man is a mp who stated he does not get a salary has loads of spare time
no bosses and a free agent . it was all bloody lies . my taxes pays scumlike him and I am not happy . vote ukip get these bastards out

Tanker.

With a lot of what you say, I do think your take on it is correct.

Tons of people, in politics (and banking) particularly and 'the professions' in general, are just taking the piss. The legal and health professions contain some of the worst.

Their 'con' is usually based on one falsehood:

They would have us believe they are working in our best interests. Actually, they really want our lives and affairs to be made complicated and not simple so they can levy more and more of their phenominally high hourly charges sorting our 'stuff' out.

eg. Our taxation system is made and kept deliberately complicated so as to fund the charges of all the chartered accountants who advise us and do our tax returns.

On the criminal and civil side of the law, each side needs a lawyer. The law isn't to give us justice. it is made to keep the fees high for the defending and prosecuting lawyers.

Can't argue with any of that, spot on EL.
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EL - it's the legislators who keep changing the tax rules and the accountants thereafter who (have to) work their way through it all to minimise your tax liabilities

the more complex the rules are made and the more loopholes the legislators try to close, the more others are opened elsewhere .... not quite fair, but near enough

ex correct its all about looking after the rich .
back to rifkind the man as no shame any normal person would be in hiding

the tax system should the rate of tax and you pay those rates no loop holes

So given all that, you right wing voters... are you still going to vote "Con" or for the kippers?

This "Con" Party/Government have had 5 years to put things right... But have not.

nor labour in 13 years before that!

sure as hell wouldn't vote ukip; that really is one big bunch of nutters even if farage himself is not .... indeed, he's a brilliant self-publicist, though whether he has any substance is very much open to question

lets now look at the a few facts on rifkind speaking . I have loads of spare time

so lets cut the MPs by around 200 seats and pay them top money to do the correct
work for the good of the country

cynic you certainly love yourself do you take photos of your self
have now met mr farage a very nice person who is a lot brighter than Cameron the liar

MrT - try reading what i wrote ... and of course "he's a very nice man"; after all, he went to a public school, even if it is not top tier

Exec.

First, some members of parliament get more than basic £67,000 and Chairmen of Committees are an example.

I would accept that for full time MPs that their salaries should be higher.

But, they should be full time MPS and not continue without outside "work".

Also, the accounts and sources of incomes and tax returns should be open to the public eye.

Also, decent overnight lodging, and offices etc. should be provided by the "State" for those living outside a reasonable range of The HP.

Perhaps doing some of the above under scrutiny should get rid of some of the corruptible Bs. and corruption in government.

I think that MPs should be able to represent Pressure groups, Businesses, Professional Bodies, Unions etc. has to be allowed, but once again it has to be declared and open and without direct remuneration.

Rifkind is iconic of many of the "elitist" within the Con Party in overvaluing himself.

At least Straw was ceasing to be a MP, before he increased his pension.

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Jesus, just heard that Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP may be proposed as replacement as chairman of the committee.

I can see little which makes her honourable and feel they are scraping the bottoms again.

What a period in UK government. Disaster on disaster.