It's all a crock of shit
She'll never get the indy vote by only allowing the Scottish people to vote for it. LOLZ.
Still, keeps her in her £144,687 a year job, much better than the average £23,150 that the rest of the voters get.
(Disclaimer: I'm allowed to say this as I'm a jock who lives in England- the rest of yous are just RACISMISTS)
(, Wed 13 Nov 2019, 18:43, Reply)
Yeah I know. I've got a job, but I've left the women alone.
Well... They've left me alone...
Does that help?
(, Wed 13 Nov 2019, 19:54, Reply)
A tad idealist but have always thought those representing the great unwashed should take the average pay of those they claim to speak for
They might then be more motivated rather than getting their noses into the trough and claiming all expenses possible, Same with those who claim zero hour contracts are welcomed by their employees as it gives them flexibility and a choice of working hours. So if it's so great why are not Management on the same regime? "Yeah fuck off back home on no pay and we will call you in when you need to chair a meeting bully your staff and have a 3 hour business lunch."
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Wed 13 Nov 2019, 21:23,
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Yes!
That's exactly my thinking...
I always wondered how much a politician would make if they were on minimum wage
(, Wed 13 Nov 2019, 22:03, Reply)
assuming 7.83 an hour?
According to the independent they usually get 80 days recess a year, note no holidays or sick pay.
So 365-80 to get 285 'working' days, round that up to 41 7 day weeks, deduct another 82 days for weekends so that's them down to 203 days.
According to a survey in 2010, they work 69 hour weeks so that would be 13.8hrs a day. 13.8*203 gives us 2801.4 hrs but we round that down as we're not paying for that .4 as its not even half an hour.
2801*7.83=21, 931.83 less tax of 20% on the 9431.83 above the 12500 threshold, so 21931.83 - 1886.37 = 20045.46
Divide by 12, so 1670.45 per month after tax
But wait, I forgot national insurance contributions so that's another 1595.98 off your take home pay to take you down to about 18,451.28 a year or 1537.60 a month.
Does that help?
(, Thu 14 Nov 2019, 0:43, Reply)
Why?!?
What would the attraction be to a job where half the people who were around you thought you were a cunt and you only got £7.83 an hour for the privilege...
It'd certainly make working in an Amazon (other shit jobs are available) warehouse a lot more attractive, and if you were really bothered about making people's living standards better you'd probably try a whole lot fucking harder.
Guess it's easier to look down from the top though? Amirite? Hold my pint!
(, Wed 13 Nov 2019, 23:24, Reply)
I'm not following what that's got to do with the suggestions that politicians should adopt the average pay of "the people they speak for"?
(, Thu 14 Nov 2019, 1:27, Reply)
They'd supplement it with other income derived from their elevated position in society
Just like they all do now
(, Thu 14 Nov 2019, 10:14, Reply)
They represent the electorate i.e. all voters in their constituency
So that average would vary from mp to mp
(, Thu 14 Nov 2019, 8:20, Reply)