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I'm not sure I understand, they are all paid an MP's salary which is something like £75k per year. So I'm not sure that their government jobs are all that valua
by willyt 8y ago
I'm not sure I understand, they are all paid an MP's salary which is something like £75k per year. So I'm not sure that their government jobs are all that valuable compared to the amount of money that could be made by gaming a whole economy. Unless you mean civil servants? There are some retired civil servants that have come out as anti Brexit but the civil service will need to expand post Brexit so I'm not sure what they would have to gain personally from taking this position? If anything, and in common with a lot of other middle class Londoners, they are probably afraid of the value of their houses and investments dropping.
- repolfx 8y agoNational governments in Europe are notoriously pro-EU despite the apparent contradictions involved (the EU makes those governments less powerful and important). The reason seems to be the EU's habit of giving powerful supporters in national governments exceptionally well compensated jobs as rewards after they leave / get kicked out by elections. See Peter Mandelson for a UK example.
- willyt 8y agoThere are myriad ways for ex-politicians to make money afterwards that are easier than becoming an EU bureaucrat. Tony Blair supposedly makes over a million a year from speaking engagements. Boris Johnson earns £150k p/a (double his MP's salary) by writing a weekly click bait opinion piece article for the Telegraph and he's still an MP. Honestly the idea of the EU influencing politicians by enticing them with high salaries for the few politicians that get the chance to be on the Council of Ministers is ridiculous if you stop to think about it.