The Strix Plan for MPs
b There is obviously a strong case for increasing MPs' salaries. them, it is only slightly stronger than the case against increasing d.em, which rests on grounds both of principle and of expe- diency Everyone dislikes the idea of giving them ' perks ' and thus creating a privileged class; but is this the only way Committee's effecting a major reduction in their expenses 7 The Select ,Onunittee's report makes it clear that in these one of the °18gest items is the cost of maintaining some sort of pied a 'erre in London. My plan for keeping politicians out of the gutter without troubling their consciences and letting loose a fresh spate of irresistible wage demands is simple. 1 would rcure an obsolete but commodious ship and moor it off be declared Palace of Westminster (of which, I think, it would have to :r.declared an integral part, in order to bring it within the Jrnetsdiction of the Serjeant at Arms). On board this vessel ,,,,embers who wanted accommodation in London would be costs cabins for a trifling charge, and part at least of the sightseers of staffing and maintaining her could be recovered from orduring the Recess. No one can say that this iolr tr1 ..„ I that is not11: ot in keeping with the traditions of a seafaring race it were put into effect, it would not save the majority
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