The Westminster MP's voting for their Pay rises Lie.

This is an often used Lie by Scots Nationalists to suggest other Political Parties MP's don't turn up for important Votes but yet are self interested in voting for their own benefits.

On two counts it is always wrong.

1: MP's don't debate or vote for their own pay rises anymore, its done by the Independent wages and Expense's watchdog IPSA since May 2010, so any such meme along these lines is clearly complete rubbish and a deliberate attempt to tell a blatant Lie.
 http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/

2: Photos of empty benches simply don't relate to the events the poster is trying to lie about, they are photos of other minor debates that often run on late and sometimes even into the very late evenings completely unrelated to the events involved. It's really not unusual for minor debates to go on with only a small number of MP's  in attendance. There is not anything unusual about this , minor debates that often are not policy related or new lawmaking can go on in the House of commons at anytime. The House of Commons is open to the Public who can queue to get in and and sit and watch debates in action...not guarantee you will find whats happening at the time exciting though.

So this post below is simply a Lie on all counts.

Below are some supposed photos from earlier Social Media postings on "grievance posts", the common sort of themes are very easy to see.



"It’s very fashionable these days to be despondent about the quality of our politicians. They’re all lazy liars who look only to their interests and neglect their duties to their constituents because they’d rather be grunting and snorting around a trough before sticking their snouts in it. And while the expenses scandal, resignations and court cases show that a lot of anti-politics sentiment has been provoked by the politicians themselves, it’s worth remembering that not every accusation levelled at Westminster is fair.

Over the past couple of years, a trend for internet memes about politicians has grown. Those graphics tend to juxtapose two images from Parliament, one showing lots of MPs apparently very interested in something, another with a handful of sleepy politicians loafing about on the Commons benches. Naturally, the first image bears a caption suggesting that MPs are debating something that benefits them personally, while the second claims they’re voting on something that affects very vulnerable people."

More information available here  http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2014/11/the-menace-of-memes-how-pictures-can-paint-a-thousand-lies/

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