Kiljoy started what will hopefully be a very brief stint in At this juncture I must say that I'm not in the habit of watching "reality" TV shows and other variations of trash TV but I do find this one quite entertaining. It's probably those cheeky geordies presenting the show ... or the lovely ladies in bikinis ... or maybe a bit of both!
Anyway, back to Kiljoy. There have been some suggestions - primarily from UKIP - that Kiljoy shouldn't be paid while he's on the other side of the world. I accept the argument that he can't be doing his job as an MEP at the same time as being in Australia on a TV show but when the world carries on revolving and his "constituents" in the English East Midlands don't all suffer from a horrible death at the hands of a bent cucumber because he's away, perhaps it will remind everybody what a mickey mouse outfit the European Parliament is. UKIP's MEPs do an excellent job of disrupting the business of the European Parliament but as we all know, the real power lies with the European Commission, the unelected quasi-civil service of the EU. The European Parliament could be abiolished tomorrow and the EU would carry on making 70% of our laws.
Besides, what hope is there of depriving Kiljoy of his MEP's salary for spending a few days in Australia when he's supposed to be in England, working, when Ashley Mote not only kept his job, but his full £60k MEP's salary, whilst serving nine months in one of Her Majesty's hotels for benefit fraud?
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