What you need to be saying is "what do we need to pay folk to run the country"?
Do you honestly believe top draw college grads would step forward for £300 quid a week to run the country? We would be the laughing stock of the world if we followed your ethos joey.
I really do not like politics or politicians but they are necessary.
What i do find tiresome is the endless supply of armchair critics who have absolutely no idea what it is like to be a front bench M.P.
Ever faced the cameras joey?
The qualifications you need to become an MP is lying barst3r3d degree and if you can do it in front of the cameras then you've got a shot at the big one.