I think there are two other problems with the analysis. MP was never, originally, meant to be a full time occupation, and indeed many have other jobs. Minister and above *is* full time. Do they get higher salaries?
Another problem is the whole Party system. If you get someone who has external competence and expertise there's the possibility that their knowledge of the world will clash with Party policy about something (recently practicing medics might object to NHS policy, for example). Better to just get an apparatchick who'll do what they're told. Salary increases won't change this, and it's a growing problem when MPs have more loyalty to their party than to their constituents.
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Date: 2008-May-28, Wednesday 15:21 (UTC)I think there are two other problems with the analysis. MP was never, originally, meant to be a full time occupation, and indeed many have other jobs. Minister and above *is* full time. Do they get higher salaries?
Another problem is the whole Party system. If you get someone who has external competence and expertise there's the possibility that their knowledge of the world will clash with Party policy about something (recently practicing medics might object to NHS policy, for example). Better to just get an apparatchick who'll do what they're told. Salary increases won't change this, and it's a growing problem when MPs have more loyalty to their party than to their constituents.