Sunderland Echo

Please help poor MPs!

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I would like to make an appeal on behalf of our trustworth­y but poor MPs. Some are in real need and are unable to survive on a basic salary of just £81,932.

Many have had to take on 2nd and 3rd jobs just to make ends meet like Simon Grayling, more affectiona­tely know as "Failing Grayling", who has to work 7 hours a week for the paltry sum of £100,000 per annum.

Unable to find a 3rd job he has had to send out his wife Susan to work as his office manager but, luckily, the British taxpayer will cover her £40,000 salary. We wish them well.

Also, spare a thought for David Davis who has to work a gruelling 30 minutes a week for a meagre £60,000.

Then there is Fiona Bruce who is forced to work as a consultant, sometimes earning just £11,740 per hour just to pay the bills on her portfolio of 10 residentia­l

and commercial properties she owns.

Probably the one most in need of our support is Andrew Mitchell. This poor soul has had to take on no less than 9 part-time jobs just to scrape together another £200,000 so he can feed his family.

Sadly, these four MPs don't qualify for Universal Credit or free school meals. This can not go on.

For a donation of just £12,000, you will be offered a multi-million pound Government contract as a welcoming gift.

On behalf of all MPs, thank you.

By the way, all four MPs voted against a motion put forward by the Labour party which called for free school meals to be extended over school holidays until Easter 2021.

All four MPs take advantage of low-cost meals in the Houses of Parliament which are subsidised to the tune of £2.6 million. David Byrne, Pallion

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