10 February 2025, 17:12

By John O'Connell

Britain’s tax burden is at a record high, the national debt has soared past 100% of GDP, and the country feels completely broken.

Politicians blame external factors - the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, anything but themselves. But the real problem is them: Britain’s MPs.

In the private sector, if you miss deadlines, flunk every project, or waste time on pointless ones, you’re fired. In Westminster? You get a pay rise.

Today, IPSA announced MPs will receive a 2.8% salary boost. While IPSA is technically independent and MPs can’t grant themselves pay rises directly, I highly doubt any of them will lift a finger to stop it.

For years, news like this was met with a weary shrug by the........

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