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Originally Posted by Livia
Passion doesn't pay the bills. If someone from an ordinary background with a good degree is looking at the options being a politician with all the crap that goes with it isn't going to be a great option when you can much earn more in another job. Or, become a politician and have other irons in the fire so that your constituency doesn't get 100% attention. The MPs I know work long hours and although the Parliamentary recess looks like they get a lot of holidays, a lot of that time is spent working in their constituency.
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No, but £67,060 sure as **** pays the bills. Someone with a good degree "looking at the options" should not be choosing politics because it has an attractive pay package. They should be choosing it because it has a pay package that can more than sustain them, and because they actually have ideals and ideas that they can only pursue as a politician.
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