oldprune Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Where is Gordon Brown? Since he lost the election he has remained as MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and continues to draw his salary. But how often does he attend Westminster? According to the figures he has taken part in less than 11% of the votes in the current parliament. After the MPs expenses fiasco are we getting value for money from part time parliamentarians? http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/gordon-brown-earns-over-250k-pound-in-just-3-months-from-book-deal-speeches/articleshow/7397287.cms LONDON: Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has earned more than 250,000 pounds over the last three months from a book deal and appearances on the international lecture circuit. Brown, 59, caused surprise and anger at Westminster with his earnings, especially since he continues to draw his 65,738 pounds annual MP's salary despite rarely attending the House of Commons . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy266 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 ssshhhh! let sleeping dogs lie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldprune Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 ssshhhh! let sleeping dogs lie! I'm worried he might be in my shed and it isn't cat crap I'm finding on the paths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladesman Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not sure he wants to show his face anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldprune Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not sure he wants to show his face anymore. But should the tax payer be paying quite so much for him to keep it hidden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Good question Anarchist. If Brown was still in power the economy would not be sinking into recession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proximus Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 He was spending a lot of time in his constituency and addressing lots of educational issues the last thing I heard. He wanted to focus a lot more time supporting his constituents which is fair enough. Maybe now he hasn't got use of his sponsors corporate...ahem..."vehicles"...he's not prepared to stump up the train fare to get to Parliament. Perhaps he was hoping he could text his votes in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy266 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 >>>>If Brown was still in power the economy would not be sinking into recession. <<<, Too right, we'd have been sunk completely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 >>>>If Brown was still in power the economy would not be sinking into recession. <<<, Too right, we'd have been sunk completely! No, no Labour left power with the economy growing after the credit crunch. Double-Dip Dave is doing what Tories do best, cause recessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy266 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Nah, it was him and his cronies that caused it. Anyway, this adds nowt to the actual topic, of where is he?! Let's not fall out over politics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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