You’re clearly a fan of Lammy. But whether you think Lammy is good at radio work is neither here nor there in the scheme of things. However, I respect your opinion. And I’m also entitled to mine. You call it spouting off, so I’m not sure you’re giving me, or anyone else you don’t agree with, mutual respect.
In my latest post which you replied to, I was stating that most MPs, choose to become MPs as a vocation due to a desire to help people and make the country a better place to live. So money won’t or shouldn’t be an overarching concern.
When I said his ilk, I meant MPs or those considering becoming an MP.
By all accounts, being an MP is an incredibly time consuming and demanding job. Even more so if one is in the cabinet or shadow cabinet. So it’s hard to comprehend how someone can fulfil their MP responsibilities (including giving time to their constituents) whilst doing gainful employment outside of the MP role. By the way, Lammy gets paid from various sources, not just LBC and not just for radio work. On the face of it, he could be giving much more time to his constituents rather than seeking additional time -consuming paid work.
But my concerns are much wider than Lammy. That’s why I generalised with points about conflict of interest and potential corruption. And that’s why I’m very happy to have the complete transparency that we’re now seeing.
As a further step I’d like to see such second, third, fourth etc employments banned. Possibly we are on the same page here, along with Starmer. Or at least that’s what you finish up saying, but after defending Lammy for having these multiple income sources.
I’m not really bothered about how you judge my style of posting. I’m not here to make fans. I speak straight and give my opinion. You can characterise it how you like, but I suspect that’s more about you trying to defend someone from the Labour Party as opposed to anything sincere.