What's Dave Miliband been up to since the election?

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Earning £1m as a champagne socialist, of course!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/97...

£125k for 15 days work at Sunderland FC too - nice gig!

Will he be giving all his money to the less well off then?

ETA: Thanks mods for title change

Edited by Puggit on Tuesday 1st January 19:05

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Jimboka said:

So he earns a living. Good luck to the guy..

Errmmmm - he is elected by his constituents and paid by the tax-payer to represent the people of South Shields.

Granted, this issue crosses all political boundaries (but Labour's Brown is by far the most guilty of this crime!).

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Victor McDade said:

In the current system if we ban MPs from having second jobs then the only people who would go into politics would be independently wealthy people or those who think that earning £60,000 is a fortune.

Personally I'd ban second jobs but then also increase an MPs salary to £200k. We should cut the number of MPs down to circa 400 to help pay for some of this.

I'm actually in agreement with your second line, however, let's not forget that the £60k salary is generously topped up by all of their generous expenses - and let's not forget the amazing pension after sitting through 2 governments.

Would someone care to detail what their real salary is like when taking in to consideration their living allowances and expenses?