They all pay large sums of tax but they're earning a kings ransome compared to many working much harder in many productive industries across the uk, not just hot air generation. Hopefully all mp's will have to openly publish their finances( including farage who's being evasive ). Personally I'd extend this to the whole of the population. All salaries should be made public domain, plus all benefits received( tax credits, disability, JSA etc plus inheritances+pension payments ). It would be similar to each of us being viewed as a company and having public accounts, which in many ways we are. This could be divisive but I feel it would work the opposite way in bringing more parity as the system we currently have is very divise and grossly unfair. They mentioned that Norway does this, so it must be workable, haven't heard of any civil wars lately.
For many years in a company I was at, we all knew what each other earned plus pay rises if any that were awarded. We all got on fine and where someone earned a little more we knew the reason why. Then years later we were taken over, many new staff from another organisation moved in and took control. Salary deals became secret, no one said what they earned, mistrust spread, rumours increased and the whole team spirit vanished. We knew promotions were being given to those incomers as done deals. Transparency in salaries would have allowed the many who worked harder than the few to see how "shmoozing", hand-shakes and other indicators
, and general kiss - a**eing would give those few financially security. The company made enormous losses yet the same people continued to gain and never had their positions threatened, for them the system worked but as with so much in society it was the "secrecy" that worked for them. No different to those in westminster.So perhaps we should all have to have our incomes made public?
