On the subject of "Independant Pay review" I was taken with the brass necked Greening on Question time last night. A question was asked about the correctness of a 10% pay rise for MPs. She firstly stated that it was an "Independant" review board set up to prevent the accusation that MPs were "rigging" their own pay. Someone pointed out that the board, appointed by MPs to carry out this onerous task were in fact MPs, oh dear, is the MOD Independant pay review body made up of serving Officers, NCOs and Airmen with a similar vested interest. Having made the point that it was an "Independant" board, she pointed out that CaMoron had written to them demanding that at this time a 10% increase was not appropriate. Should CaMoron prove successful in his demands, how independant can this committee be ? Not very if influenced by external nuisances like politicians. Whatever, a good point was made that the service pay review board had recommended a 4% increase, which the government refused and reduced to 1%. What I see is a bunch of politicians who say that they can't interfere with the recommendations of an Independant parliamentary pay review body, and have to accept their recommendations, whilst doing exactly the opposite with the "independant" pay review boards of all other public services. Double standards in the least, but typical of the low life we seem to want to elect these days.
Smudge
