Another instalment of my occasional series from The Metro:
Mr Martin is said to be keen to stay on for an another year so he can keep his £141,000 salary and to maximise his chances of passing on his safe Glasgow seat to his son, Paul.
His son would presumably be known as 'Gorbals Paul' ab initio, which makes it a crying shame he wasn't christened 'Josef'.
Monday, 18 May 2009
New Labour and inherited privilege (3)
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The UK has always been a pseudo-meritocracy.
Nepotism is alive, well and systemically entrenched in the higher echelons of society - I've seen it first hand. Worst of all though, its principal supporters are generally those that have benefitted most from nepotism, primarily because it to them, validates their own 'success' rather than negating it.
Josef. Brilliant.
Good. I'm really glad that he didn't do the decent thing and stand down, and I hope that enough of the idiots in parliament decide to be cowards and follow the "tradition" line on this.
The longer this story gets strung out, the more UKIP will benefit.
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