07 June, 2010

A new tradition?

It is reported that one of Gordon Brown's last acts as Prime Minister was to reduce the Prime Ministerial salary (ie his successor's salary) from £194,000 to £150,000, but that he did so in secret. When David Cameron arrived one of his first acts was to order a 5% paycut for ministers, not realising he had already been hit with a 22% reduction.

I rather think this should develop into a tradition, one of those unwritten elements in our constitution, that the outgoing PM leaves a few nasty surprises for his successor - the mouldy prawns sewn into the curtains, the putrifying piece of meat behind the sofa.

And of course a pay cut. Spices things up.

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