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Work @sabiosense. Former MP for BR&S. In telecoms for 20 years. Passionate about tech, rural issues, #LFC, the outdoors and more... All tweets personal.

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    Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 11

    Calum Kerr Retweeted Quentin Letts

    Have you bothered to do any proper research on this, or just seeking a cheap headline? They slashed payments at the last election, at the last election making it very challenging for some MPs that lost their seats. Overnight out a job, less than a months salary in redundancy.https://twitter.com/thequentinletts/status/994828428011560960 …

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    Quentin Letts @thequentinletts
    Ipsa, created to stop MPs robbing the taxpayer, has proposed paying MPs far more when they are booted out by the voters. The Westminster Establishment is reasserting itself. Quadruple pay-offs all round.
    10:32 AM - 11 May 2018
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    • Ronnie Cowan MP Dubh Stiubhart Stoker Joanna Cherry QC MP Will Copshaw Rob Kenny Peter Duncan Ian Sinclair Kirsten Oswald
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      2. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 11

        MPs also have to wrap up all their affairs after the election, unpaid, although they can keep some staff on for a limited period to help wrap up affairs. That is a lot of hassle extracting yourself from leases and contracts, especially when it's a mid-term election.

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      3. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 11

        I was fortunate in that my wife works, and was able to support me until I could resolve all my affairs and then return to a job in my old line of work

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      4. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 11

        Also worth noting that IPSA, whilst full of lovely people, is a pretty shambolic organisation, and I've never had a job with worse expenses than when I was an MP. The days when MPs could make money on property and claim for things freely have well and truly (and rightly) gone.

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      5. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 11

        So many typos in my thread. Please allow editing in future @TwitterSupport, especially when I am just in from a run 😁

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      2. Wee Betty'sBhoy‏ @seumasciaragai7 May 11
        Replying to @CalumRKerr

        If being an MP was some sort of career move as opposed to an act of public service (well paid public service) then maybe you made a bad career move? I care more for the people who are suffering badly at the hands of this tory Gov than any failed MP.

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      3. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 11
        Replying to @seumasciaragai7

        What a charmer you are. You clearly don't know me, and have ignored my point. I didn't do it for money, or career. I did it off the back of working hard for Yes, and wanting to help folk - as a voluntary Director of Citizens Advice Direct I saw the sharp end of Tory austerity.

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      4. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 11
        Replying to @CalumRKerr @seumasciaragai7

        If you choose not to care about the point I am making, then you can't complain if Parliament becomes even more filled with people who are independently wealth...

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      2. Lewis K  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‏ @L_K_Mc May 12
        Replying to @CalumRKerr

        Let’s not forget MPs have had two pay rises recently even though the rest of us have had stagnated wages & austerity.

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      3. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 12
        Replying to @L_K_Mc

        Absolutely, but that doesn't change the points I'm making here.

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      2. disillusioned‏ @Minorcynic May 12
        Replying to @CalumRKerr

        If you had been in any job for less than 5 years any redundancy payments would be limited anyway. You knew the deal before you were elected.

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      3. Calum Kerr‏ @CalumRKerr May 12
        Replying to @Minorcynic

        Missing my points completely, but then your replies are usually in the trolling category. One of the upsides of no longer being elected is I've no qualms about blocking folk. Life is too short to waste time.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. disillusioned‏ @Minorcynic May 12
        Replying to @CalumRKerr

        Thanks. I think if you were to be very honest with yourself and read my tweets carefully you will see that I question our public servants and their effectiveness. Call it trolling if you wish but maybe it is denial. Cheerio and good luck

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      1. Peter Grant MP‏Verified account @PeterGrantMP May 11
        Replying to @CalumRKerr

        Quentin hasn’t worked out that there’s such a thing as an MP who doesn’t make five times as much as a “consultant” as they get as their MP salary.

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      2. JimmyMac‏ @ferryhill9 May 12
        Replying to @CalumRKerr @Stoker95623798

        Challenging? Get a grip, you were on fixed term contracts. I’ve been on many and have never had a redundancy payment once the term was completed.

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      3. JimmyMac‏ @ferryhill9 May 12
        Replying to @ferryhill9 @CalumRKerr @Stoker95623798

        .....and I’m blocked. 😂😂

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