More Moonlighting MPs
David Miliband is the latest MP to join the lucrative international speaking circuit - according to records published by the House of Commons.
The newspapers report that the defeated Labour leadership candidate was paid £25,000 for delivering a speech on relations between the West and the Muslim world - at a luxurious resort in the Middle East.
Apparently, the government of the United Arab Emirates helped to pick up the tab for his travel and five star accommodation.
Now £25,000 is not a king's ransom - but it is more than most council workers earn in a whole year - for doing something useful and socially productive.
No doubt Miliband senior was also being paid for his day job as an MP - while he was swanning about halfway across the world.
If so, someone should tell him that it's simply not right for MPs to be drawing a handsome public salary - when they're not even in the country to carry out their duties.
If he was a benefits claimant - he would be classed as 'unavailable for work'.
The newspapers report that the defeated Labour leadership candidate was paid £25,000 for delivering a speech on relations between the West and the Muslim world - at a luxurious resort in the Middle East.
Apparently, the government of the United Arab Emirates helped to pick up the tab for his travel and five star accommodation.
Now £25,000 is not a king's ransom - but it is more than most council workers earn in a whole year - for doing something useful and socially productive.
No doubt Miliband senior was also being paid for his day job as an MP - while he was swanning about halfway across the world.
If so, someone should tell him that it's simply not right for MPs to be drawing a handsome public salary - when they're not even in the country to carry out their duties.
If he was a benefits claimant - he would be classed as 'unavailable for work'.
