Tory Malcolm Rifkind and Labour's Jack Straw got caught pimping themselves out to a fake Chinese company.
Both of them seem to think its fair game, actually. Jack Straw's defence is that he's leaving soon and in any case, no-one seemed to mind when he was paid by some commodities firm to use his name and contacts to keep their sugar-production on the cheap. Seems ligit.
For his part, Rifkind seems to think the only way you'll attract professional people into a jobs with a £67k salary is to let them use the ensuing power and connections to to the bidding of super-rich.
I suppose they do have to eat.
If Labour MPs are happy to take money on the side to negotiate on behalf of sugar magnates, but they're not prepared to lift a finger when it comes to supporting trade union members, fighting against attacks on our pensions, our pay and our living standards, then what exactly is the point of them?
With a starting salary of £67k, can we really expect MPs to represent anything other than the corrupt, self serving elite which they belong to? Their existence is so far removed from everyone else's.
I'm a socialist. If elected, I will only take the average worker's wage of £26k. It's not a stunt or a gimmick, it's a principal. You can't claim to represent the interests of the 99% on a salary of the 1%
PS: Rifkind, I am a professional. I'm a nurse and you could employ three of us on the salary that you don't think is enough for one of you. Dick.
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