1.0Commenthttps://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/commentElainehttps://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/comment/author/ec0054cd2f6f1d9e1a3bad5c2b49a5c8/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oonDWlsae4"><a href="https://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/comment/2015/02/26/what-price-an-mp/">What price an MP?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/comment/2015/02/26/what-price-an-mp/embed/#?secret=oonDWlsae4" width="600" height="338" title="“What price an MP?” — Comment" data-secret="oonDWlsae4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script nonce="4212e11e73538e913e823ee5279cfd20"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/comment/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/comment/files/2015/02/parliament-1024x683.jpg1024683In the wake of the cash for access scandal there has been much comment about MPs remuneration and whether they should have incomes beyond their role as MPs. The various comments by Sir Malcolm Rifkind – the free time he had on his hands; dismissing his salary of £67,000; his right to have a higher […]