It’s a hard life being an MP. After you’ve paid for that London flat and have no option but to eat at Cafes and Restaurants all day every day, you might as well be on Jobseeker’s Allowance. Well that’s the sob story that Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is hoping we are all gullible enough to swallow. Nadine wanted to know what is was like survive on £63.50 a week so she agreed to take part in Channel4’s new series ‘Tower Block of Commons’. Joining her in this ‘experiment’ was the Labour ‘middle-class man of the people’ Austin Mitchell MP, a shining example of how out of touch you become with reality after 30 years with a permanent seat on the Westminster gravy train.
From the off, Austin made it clear that he wanted the exposure of the TV programme but he was not going to live like one of the proletariat, insisting on his own council flat, bring along his wife and keeping his wallet and mobile phone. A man so deluded he thinks that on benefit you can treat your neighbours to a dinner party with wine! Hell I’m sure that’s do-able on just over £90 a week for a couple! Nadine actually stayed with a family but again thought ‘£63.50… fuck that!’ and stuffed £50 down her Bra like a street walker. When her host pointed out that this really destroys the whole point of the experiment, in a typical politician, spinning for dear life, she said she brought the cash along for the hosts little kiddies and definitely not for her, oh no.
Check out Channel4’s website here and watch next week’s show!
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/tower-block-of-commons/episode-guide/series-1/episode-2
