GooberTheHat wrote:Government minister quits because he can't pay his mortgage on his £118,000 salary. Assuming no other income that's a monthly take home salary of £6000+.
His mortgage has gone from £800 to £2,000. What does he think the rest of us mere mortals have been dealing with?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-68133873
I presume he can also claim MP's expenses etc.
LivDiv wrote:I think the big difference is that most of us aren't part of the group that make the decisions that lead to 150% mortgage increases.
And if we were and recognised the problem would probably be too ashamed to go outside let alone carry on in that role.
Wookienopants wrote:MP can't manage a £2k mortgage on £6k a month and yet these are people we are allowing to make decisions that impact the whole country? What the actual fuck.
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