iansheff Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Doesn't your heart bleed for Mark Simmonds almost £90,000 a year and almost £28,000 expenses and bleats it is not enough to live in Westminster when he is in London. He doesn't want to commute from a different part of London as it is not a lifestyle he wants. Also his wife is employed as his office manager on a salary between £20,000 and £24,999. Blaming it all on the expenses and saying they are not enough. What about the thousands of people that have to commute a lot further than a few miles and pay thousands in season tickets for the privilege of rail travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsTrophy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 He could have said many other things to make it an easy separation. Bringing up expenses was naive when there is so much poverty in the UK with my thoughts being he felt out of his depth in his current role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intake Too Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 My heart bleeds for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 What an idiot. Everyone knows an MPs life is constantly traveling from Westminster to their constituency. He's spitting out his dummy because he can't take his family with him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28737781 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Where's the world's smallest violin when you need it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The words 'bell' and 'end', spring to mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emma royd Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Doesn't your heart bleed for Mark Simmonds almost £90,000 a year and almost £28,000 expenses and bleats it is not enough to live in Westminster when he is in London. He doesn't want to commute from a different part of London as it is not a lifestyle he wants. Also his wife is employed as his office manager on a salary between £20,000 and £24,999. Blaming it all on the expenses and saying they are not enough. What about the thousands of people that have to commute a lot further than a few miles and pay thousands in season tickets for the privilege of rail travel. I'm not really sure what your beef is here. The story seems to be that a man on what appears to some be a high salary has decided to chuck it in because he can do better elsewhere with less disruption to his life. I don't think he is asking for anyone to feel sorry for him, or for your heart to bleed for him. He isn't asking for a pay rise. He has just left a job and is off to do something else in order to have a happier better paid life. Perhaps he feels that he can do better... David Miliband's move to the US : A staff of 12,000 and a salary of £300,000 on the aid gravy train Top job at International Rescue Committee charity includes number of perks Complimentary private health care and gold-plated, tax-free pension Likely to be paid five times salary of Labour MP for 37-and-a-half hour week http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300240/David-Milibands-US--A-staff-12-000-salary-300-000-aid-gravy-train.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'm not really sure what your beef is here. The story seems to be that a man on what appears to some be a high salary has decided to chuck it in because he can do better elsewhere with less disruption to his life. I don't think he is asking for anyone to feel sorry for him, or for your heart to bleed for him. He isn't asking for a pay rise. He has just left a job and is off to do something else in order to have a happier better paid life. He is moaning that the expenses are not enough to live in Westminster, what is wrong with commuting a few miles a day. In these days of austerity that a minister on such a high salary is moaning is pathetic. It is not like he is poor he made over half a million pounds on the house he bought in Putney in 2001. From 2001 to 2009, the mortgage interest was paid by the taxpayer, with the Tory MP claiming more than £2,000 a month to cover the cost. The more they have the more they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 He doesn't really seem to be complaining about the pay or the expenses though. The fact is that if you work 5 days a week in London but live in another part of the country then you don't see your family very much. Unless your children don't go to school then you can't alter that really. And to be honest, it sucks. I don't think I'd take a 90k job with travel expenses that was based in London. And it's not that I couldn't, that sort of salary would be entirely possible for a permie IT architect. It's just a crappy kind of life. ---------- Post added 12-08-2014 at 10:48 ---------- He is moaning that the expenses are not enough to live in Westminster, what is wrong with commuting a few miles a day. In these days of austerity that a minister on such a high salary is moaning is pathetic. It is not like he is poor he made over half a million pounds on the house he bought in Putney in 2001. From 2001 to 2009, the mortgage interest was paid by the taxpayer, with the Tory MP claiming more than £2,000 a month to cover the cost. The more they have the more they want. I don't think he is. He didn't mention not being able to afford to live in Westminster. The expenses are more than enough to get a flat in Westminster or Pimlico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Should we have a whip round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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