There’s nothing so ex- as an ex-MP
That’s the conclusion of a report published by the University of Leeds this week titled “Life after Losing or Leaving: The experience of former members of Parliament”. Apparently it will puncture the myth of a gravy train for ex-MPs detailing the difficulty some have in finding new work and adapting to life in the outside world:
Many former MPs miss not being at the centre of British politics. One said: “I would wake up in the morning, listen to the radio, and form views on the issues of the day and then I realised that no one wanted to know what I thought”.
Sounds familiar…
More details here.
This content was originally posted on my old Process Guy blog.
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Of course, if you actually read the statistics, it seems that most MPs end up earning the same or more than what they were earning as an MP. So the headlines are actually bollocks.