Sir Patrick Cormack thinks MPs like him need rewarding for agreeing not to have a second homes allowance - 120 grand will do he suggests.
My suggestion - just give MPs 150 grand, an office, a phone and a travel warrant and be done with it. No staff allowance, no second home scheme, the car mileage, no subsistance - just a lump of cash. I'd do it on this basis and so would thousands of others. And some of them are from Sir Paddy's beloved "...business and professional classes."
