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  • Yes, 100% agree. Equally as much an issue that particularly for last 10 years, nobody spends more than 9 months in a position and quite frequently ministers are not matched to their (often quite limited) expertise, or are promoted solely on the basis of loyalty.

    But to willingly discount MPs on the basis they’re rich, due to a previous successful career outside of politics (as opposed to a massive family wealth etc) seems against our collective interest and short sighted at best.

  • But to willingly discount MPs on the basis they’re rich, due to a previous successful career outside of politics

    I'm not seeing anyone doing this. But it isn't wrong to raise a concern if your success in a previous career was predicated on greed, venality, exploitation and generally looting/fucking the country.

  • I could well have misinterpreted what was meant. But to take the earlier example, being CFO of Sky I don’t believe means you shouldn’t be considered as an MP (although again no idea on Andrew Griffith)

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