Running for election while running a practice
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What do you tell your clients?
Surely some of them wonder what will happen if you win your seat and become a full time MP? You surely wouldn't be able to continue to run the practice?
I wonder
I can't help but wonder how MPs can give so little attention to their first job that they have time for a second. Genuinely interested to know how that works.
I disagree with the premise
What is wrong about getting the real world experience before moving into politics but devoting oneself to the new career? 'Public hatred' (your phrase) comes from doublespeak.Do we want our politicians to be this detached from the real world and to have no worthwhile experience of anything outside the narrow political sphere?
Time to think outside the box?
Currently we have a "first past the post" system to vote for the MP/political party to run the country/work for their constituency.
Maybe we should try and find another way that will give us better qualified MPS in terms of their abilities to run the country:
Firstly, I propose that there should be a separation between a constituency MP and the party that runs the country; the constituency MP works on behalf of the constituents IN the constituency; they would only be required to go to London say once or twice a month so no need for second homes in London. The constituency MP should also be allowed to keep their original job.
The country has its various constituencies as it does now but in order to vote for the party to run the country, there should be new areas which are equal in voting size - maybe only around say 350 voting areas. The MP standing in these areas are the career politicians who live in London - again, no need for a second home in a constituency. These politicians are the ones who form the political government.
The constituency MPs only vote on matters that are say amendments to, or something that was not in, the manifesto that was used to get the career politicians in power.
People then have two votes: one for the party they would like to govern and one for the person they think best for their constituency.
"Career" politicians have to have been a constituency MP for at least 2 terms before they can be considered to move onto being a career politician.
Career politicians are paid more but are not allowed a second job.
Basically those who want to run the country have to prove themselves in the real world before being let loose in the corridors of power.
This by the way is just an idea in progress - it is not yet a definitive answer!