Keyser Soze 13 hrs · Darling nets £250k in after-dinner speeches Sun, 30/03/2014 - 16:39 Commenting on the news in today’s Scottish Sun that Alistair Darling has netted £250 000 from after-dinner speeches since becoming head of the No campaign, Scottish National Party MSP for Edinburgh Central Marco Biagi MSP said: “Since the launch of the No campaign, Alistair Darling has earned almost £250,000 from big business – despite Ed Miliband promising to curb MPs’ earnings from outside interests. “Mr Darling has repeatedly failed to turn up to the House of Commons to vote on the UK Government’s targeting of the poor, all the while earning an average of £11,000 per speech – almost the same as an annual salary for someone on minimum wage. “It is no wonder that the No campaign is completely out of touch with the consequences of Westminster’s austerity agenda when its leader is completely divorced from the reality of ordinary people. “Given his huge earnings it is even more reprehensible that Mr Darling didn’t vote against the Tories welfare cap – which penalises some of the poorest people in the country. “While he’d seemingly rather spend his time making speeches for huge pay packets or talking down Scotland in the No campaign – Mr Darling shouldn’t forget that he is paid by the public purse to represent his constituents. “Instead of jetting off to Monaco to speak to big business, Alistair Darling should get his priorities right and put his day job first.” Unlike ·
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:55:47 +0000
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