More Moonlighting MPs
The Sunday Times ran an interesting article about the outside earnings of former Prime Minister - Gordon Brown MP.
In addition to making highly paid speeches - one in Nigeria last year earned him £62,181 for four hours work - Gordon Brown has also been appointed to a new position at New York University,.
As a 'distinguished global leader in residence' GB is to be paid £75,554 for agreeing to spend two weeks a year - attending and addressing public functions at the university's New York campus.
In addition the MP for Fife has to free up a second week for duties in Abu Dhabi - and a fourth week to attend one of the university's 12 'study abroad' sites.
So that's a month in total - for more money than his MP's salary of £65,738 a year plus expenses - not counting his other speaking engagements of course.
The Labour party used to criticise the Tories for having highly paid second and third jobs outside parliament - and quite rightly so.
Why should an MP be paid as a full-time job - if some of them are getting away with working only part-time hours?
The weird thing is that if Gordon Brown just stood down as an MP - like his old chum Tony Blair - he'd be free to do what he likes with his time - no questions asked.
In addition to making highly paid speeches - one in Nigeria last year earned him £62,181 for four hours work - Gordon Brown has also been appointed to a new position at New York University,.
As a 'distinguished global leader in residence' GB is to be paid £75,554 for agreeing to spend two weeks a year - attending and addressing public functions at the university's New York campus.
In addition the MP for Fife has to free up a second week for duties in Abu Dhabi - and a fourth week to attend one of the university's 12 'study abroad' sites.
So that's a month in total - for more money than his MP's salary of £65,738 a year plus expenses - not counting his other speaking engagements of course.
The Labour party used to criticise the Tories for having highly paid second and third jobs outside parliament - and quite rightly so.
Why should an MP be paid as a full-time job - if some of them are getting away with working only part-time hours?
The weird thing is that if Gordon Brown just stood down as an MP - like his old chum Tony Blair - he'd be free to do what he likes with his time - no questions asked.
