This year's leader of the SDLP recently remarked that MLAs needed a pay rise in order to prevent them sliding into poverty. He has since retracted these philosophical musings, not least because they were:
Public Speaking
Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher were both able to make large sums of money through public speaking and word has it that even Tony Blair can command up to £100,000 per speech. Following a detailed analysis of his parliamentary utterings, we reckon Mr. McDonnell could easily charge up to £11.63 for a single after dinner appearance. And if you don't believe us, just take a look at this powerful performance:
Product Endorsement
A tough one for a number of reasons. Firstly, he's a man of a certain age, he's a politician and finally........there's no kind way of saying this........he's a nobody. And yet I can well imagine that Alasdair's gravitas would be much sought after for some products such as:
Acting
I seem to remember that Neil Kinnock appeared in a pop video years ago and that either Ken Livinstone or Boris appeared in Eastenders once. Therefore the precedent exists - politicians are allowed to carve out lucrative acting careers. But given his dire financial woes I think our Al should aim high - Eastenders is never going to pay him what he needs, so perhaps he should head to Hollywood and make some real money....
But on the other hand....
Al would do well to remember that he is a Westminster MP as well as an MLA and that he therefore receives two salaries along with all the associated perks and benefits. With that in mind, perhaps he should also consider shutting his stupid, fat, culchie mouth in future, especially now that we know he isn't even worth the minimum wage.
- against SDLP official policy
- unpopular with his party and the public
- plainly ludicrous
Public Speaking
Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher were both able to make large sums of money through public speaking and word has it that even Tony Blair can command up to £100,000 per speech. Following a detailed analysis of his parliamentary utterings, we reckon Mr. McDonnell could easily charge up to £11.63 for a single after dinner appearance. And if you don't believe us, just take a look at this powerful performance:
Product Endorsement
A tough one for a number of reasons. Firstly, he's a man of a certain age, he's a politician and finally........there's no kind way of saying this........he's a nobody. And yet I can well imagine that Alasdair's gravitas would be much sought after for some products such as:
I seem to remember that Neil Kinnock appeared in a pop video years ago and that either Ken Livinstone or Boris appeared in Eastenders once. Therefore the precedent exists - politicians are allowed to carve out lucrative acting careers. But given his dire financial woes I think our Al should aim high - Eastenders is never going to pay him what he needs, so perhaps he should head to Hollywood and make some real money....
Al would do well to remember that he is a Westminster MP as well as an MLA and that he therefore receives two salaries along with all the associated perks and benefits. With that in mind, perhaps he should also consider shutting his stupid, fat, culchie mouth in future, especially now that we know he isn't even worth the minimum wage.
If one was wise and aware, you would know that MLAs who are also MPs do not receive two salaries or double expenses. Chuck on.
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ReplyDelete- Wonderful prose, Anonymous. Are you an MLA by any chance? Or did you just let your woodwork GCSE go to your head?
In the financial year 2010/11 Mr. McDonnell received £74,689.83 in expenses from Stormont. This includes £644.40 in travel expenses, I wonder how he travels from South Belfast to Dundonald. He also received a salary of £3,668.99 from the Assembly, reduced from the standard £43K because he is also an MP. The current annual salary for an MP is £65,738. Oh, and I think you will find that he does claim expenses at Westminster as well.
Chuck on, indeed.