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Status anxiety

If you think Britain’s corrupt now, watch what happens if we ban second jobs for MPs

We’re in danger of turning Parliament back into a rich man’s pastime

28 February 2015

9:00 AM

28 February 2015

9:00 AM

Last year, I had an exchange with Hugo Rifkind on Twitter in which I bet him dinner at Clarke’s that his father would stand down before the next election. My reasoning was that, at the age of 68, his dad wouldn’t want to serve another five years in the Commons and would be happier in the Lords.

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