Prodicus: Quote of the week

30 May 2008

Quote of the week

Eric Pickles MP, Conservative hero of Crewe, on QT.

Questioner: Should MPs get a pay rise to one hundred thousand pounds?

Eric, looking properly gobsmacked : A hundred thousand pounds?! Wow! That's an awful lot of money!

He gets it.

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